Overview
Tate Modern exhibition: 10 July 2025 - 11 January 2026 A large scale publication accompanying a major exhibition celebrating the monumental art of Emily Kam Kngwarray. One of the twentieth century's most significant painters, Emily Kam Kngwarray (c.1914-1996) translated her lived experience and cultural engagement with her Anmatyerr homelands in Central Australia into vibrant batiks and monumental paintings on canvas. In her vast and astonishing oeuvre, Kngwarray embodied the majestic scope of her Country and ancestral heritage. She layered motifs representing the plants, animals and geological features that formed the desert ecosystems around her. Her unique style and powerful creative vision redefined Aboriginal art and gained worldwide attention. Created in collaboration with the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), this is the first large-scale presentation of the artist's work ever held in Europe and a celebration of her astonishing career. Generously illustrated, the publication brings together Kngwarray's most significant works and includes archival material and a visual record of community consultations and visits to Kngwarray's Country. The publication and exhibition has been organised by Tate Modern and the National Gallery of Australia based on an exhibition and curated by Kelli Cole, Warumungu and Luritja peoples and Hetti Perkins, Arrernte and Kalkadoon peoples.
Full Product Details
Author: Kelli Cole ,
Jennifer Green ,
Hetti Perkins ,
Kimberley Moulton
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Imprint: Tate Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 24.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 28.00cm
ISBN: 9781849769761
ISBN 10: 1849769761
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 10 July 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Kelli Cole is Director of Curatorial & Engagement, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, at the National Gallery of Australia. Jennifer Green is a linguist based in the School of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Melbourne. Hetti Perkins is an Arrernte and Kalkadoon Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art. Kimberley Moulton is Adjunct Curator, Indigenous Art, at the Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational. Stephen Gilchrist is an Associate Professor in the School of Indigenous Studies at the University of Western Australia. Dylan River is a photographer and filmmaker from Kaytetye north of Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Australia. Chrischona Schmidt is Adjunct Fellow in the School of Communication and Arts at The University of Queensland, Australia.
