{"id":27228,"date":"2025-01-30T11:58:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T03:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=media-release&p=27228"},"modified":"2025-01-30T12:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T04:08:02","slug":"john-curtin-gallery-and-perth-festival-presents-alice-guiness-and-mai-nguyen-long","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/john-curtin-gallery-and-perth-festival-presents-alice-guiness-and-mai-nguyen-long\/","title":{"rendered":"John Curtin Gallery and Perth Festival presents Alice Guiness and Mai Nguy\u1ec5n-Long"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

John Curtin Gallery<\/a> will present exhibitions of significant new work by Yindjibarndi artist Alice Guiness and Dharawal Country-based Mai Nguy\u1ec5n-Long, as part of Perth Festival 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An elder and senior artist, Guiness paints the Burndud \u2014 a ceremonial site and story on Yindjibarndi Ngurra (Country) in northern Western Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each stroke of the Burndud circle tells a story and it is through her special connection Guiness shares these stories with the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burndud Ground<\/em> presents a broad survey of Burndud paintings, inviting reflection on Guiness\u2019 lived experience with painting, ceremonial dance and connection to Ngurra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This major commission by Perth Festival is part of Boorloo Contemporary<\/a> and produced by Juluwarlu Art Group.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juluwarlu CEO Lorraine Coppin said it opened a new pathway for Guiness to explore mediums such as neon sculpture and immersive media installation in celebrating and sharing Yindjibarndi Ngurra through her painting and the cultural archive of the Juluwarlu Art Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Coppin said the Perth Festival had given Yindjibarndi Nation – through Juluwarlu – a stage to showcase who they are as an arts and culture centre and to keep the visual practices of significant stories alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArt is a human creativity \u2014 and it matters when we want to make sense of life, Mum (Alice) is desperately helping us to make sense of her life. This is how she is vital in expressing herself through her artwork: she is telling us her story, she uses her creativity practices to start this dialogue with us \u2014 when we start to listen to each other, that\u2019s when the healing happens.\u201d Ms Coppin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Curtin Gallery Director, Associate Professor Susanna Castleden<\/a>, said the Gallery has a long-standing commitment to sharing First Nations voices and cultural expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are delighted to be showcasing this ambitious project with Alice Guiness and Juluwarlu as part of the Boorloo Contemporary program supported by Wesfarmers,\u201d Associate Professor Castleden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrough immersive, light-filled installations and dramatic visual rhythms, Burndud Ground<\/em> is a joyful celebration of tradition, connection and movement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mai Nguy\u1ec5n-Long\u2019s installation Doba Nation<\/em> features numerous hand-formed ceramic sculptures arranged on site \u2014 including the distinctive Vomit Girl<\/em> sculptures \u2014 which first emerged from the artist\u2019s sense of voicelessness and personal and cultural erasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The installation acts to reconcile the artist’s personal experience of collective trauma due to displacement and invites audiences to interrogate the history of their own identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Nguy\u1ec5n-Long’s Doba<\/em> works borrow from the southern Vietnamese spiritual motifs of her father\u2019s birthplace, merged with folkloric strategies learned from northern \u0111\u00ecnh<\/em> wood carvings and personalised symbology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curator Lia McKnight<\/a> said Ms Nguy\u1ec5n-Long’s new body of work is a powerful exploration of identity, trauma and colonisation through a very personal lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe has used the transformative potential of clay to stunning effect, creating a mesmeric installation of darkly playful ceramic figures and forms,\u201d Ms McKnight said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitors are also welcomed to Carrolup Kattidj Nagar (Peaceful Quiet Reflection), which is opening alongside the exhibitions and features a selection of artworks from the Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Curtin Gallery\u2019s Perth Festival exhibitions have been made possible with the support of Lotterywest, Perth Festival, Wesfarmers Arts, Juluwarlu Art Group, The Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries, and Michael Reid Galleries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibitions will be open to the public from February 7 to April 17, entry is free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit the John Curtin Gallery website<\/a> for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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