NOW SHOWING
John Mullins Memorial Art Gallery
JILA KUJARRA: TWO SNAKES DREAMING
DESMOND TAYLOR AND MARIAAN PUGH
An ART ON THE MOVE tour
Jila Kujarra: Two Snakes Dreaming is a cross-cultural collaboration between Warnman artist Desmond Taylor and Boorloo-based textiles practitioner Mariaan Pugh, commissioned by Fremantle Arts Centre in partnership with Martumili Artists.
Taylor and Pugh have worked together to transform Taylor’s Niminjarra paintings, usually seen on canvas or paper, into highly tactile textile works, animating the important Niminjarra Jukurrpa (Dreaming).
“Niminjarra is the two brothers transforming into a snake so they can come back home to Ngayartakujarra (Lake Dora). They were in training for ceremony, those two brothers, but they were kept too long, and nobody was there to release them. They waited then they decided to transform into snakes to travel back to where they came from, because their mother was waiting for them.
This is Jukurrpa (Dreaming story).”
– Desmond Taylor, 2019
The Jila Kujarra: Two Snakes Dreaming collaborative project and exhibition was commissioned by Fremantle Art Centre and presented in partnership between Fremantle Art Centre and Martumili Arts.
The project has been made possible through the Regional Exhibition Touring Boost, delivered by ART ON THE MOVE with funding managed by the West Australian State Government’s Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
EXHIBITION DATES
19 October – 30 November 2024
To register please call 07 4628 5330 or email
Image Credit: Desmond Taylor and Mariaan Pugh | Jila Kujarra: Two Snakes Dreaming at Fremantle Arts Centre, 2022.
Photography by Dan McCabe
ON THE CURVED WALL
WHAT SPARKS JOY
SUSIE GELDARD
A creative experimentation of artworks formed from natural fibres, textile artist Susie Geldard explores landscapes, plants and farm animal scenes inspired by the world around her. Geldard has a background in photography and has enjoyed knitting, quilting and embroidery over the years. After discovering felted pictures upon a visit to her home country of the United Kingdom she was spurred on to create a collection of wool based textile artworks.
EXHIBITION DATES
19 October – 30 November 2024
To register please call 07 4628 5330 or email
Image: Susie Geldard | Brisbane through Jacarandas, 2024 | Wet felted merino wool fibres with stitching | 495mm x 510mm
