The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards

Australia from Saturday 31July 2010. This year’s Awards exhibition includes sculpture, video, painting and photography by five artists from Western Australia and 11 artists from other parts of Australia. Artworks will range from the textured, ever-alluring paintings of Makinti Napanangka, the challengingly political videos and paintings of Richard Bell, the playful recollections of childhood experiences as seen in paintings by Nura Rupert and Pauline Moran, to Wakartu Cory Surprise’s striking depictions of Country.

Glenn Pilkington, exhibition curator, commented, “Now in its third year, the Western Australianprovides a current and vivid representation of the breadth, diversity and Indigenous Art Awards power of Australian Indigenous art practices. The Awards exhibition offers valuable insight into, and deserved recognition for, the incredible contribution Indigenous artists continue to make to Australian culture and society”.

The Awards, the richest Indigenous art awards in Australia, is comprised of a group exhibition of outstanding art and three non-acquisitive Awards totalling $65,000: the Western Australian Indigenous Art Award of $50,000; the Western Australian Artist Award of $10,000; and the People’s Choice Award of $5,000.