Photo: Sandra Geroux
Monday 2 September, 10-11AM
Join artist Marina Strocchi to hear her speak about her experiences at Ikuntji Art Centre at Haasts Bluff and an important painting project that evolved in the mid-1990s which triggered the Pintupi women’s painting movement at Papunya Tula Artists.
About the speaker
Marina Strocchi was born in Melbourne and spent her formative years exploring, studying and working within the realm of painting and printmaking.
Moving to the Northern Territory in 1992, Marina established the Ikuntji Art Centre at Haasts Bluff, at the community’s request and with their support. She has been extensively involved in arts programs across Central Desert communities for three decades. In 2021, Marina returned to Melbourne to set up life in the Yarra Valley. Marina has exhibited her work widely in Australia and internationally. Her works are held in many public and private collections both nationally and internationally.
Marina was a consultant for the Three Echoes – Western Desert Art exhibition and a contributing writer for the exhibition catalogue and Education Resource.
Registration essential: T 03 5760 2619 or gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au
Cost: $2
About the exhibition
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art explores the poetic notion of echoes – how metaphorically and metaphonically we can echo a thought, a sentiment or a consciousness. In the 1970s Australian Aboriginal people from the desert began talking to the world through art, transferring their creation stories of the land and people to canvas. Now, in the 2020s, this foundational echo is going back and forth. No longer a one-sided, outward calling, it reverberates multi-dimensionally within wider Australian and global communities.
Curated by celebrated curator, writer, artist and activist, Djon Mundine OAM FAHA, Three Echoes – Western Desert Art showcases works by 57 acclaimed artists heralding from Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff), Papunya and Utopia Aboriginal communities in the western desert regions of the Northern Territory, Australia.
