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Gannon House Gallery

Locality: The Rocks, Sydney

Phone: +61 2 9251 4474

Address: 45 Argyle St, The Rocks 2000 The Rocks, NSW, Australia

Website: https://www.gannonhousegallery.com/

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25.01.2022 Wagilag Sisters Story 1937-1997 exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra show cased paintings by Paddy Dhathungu, Dawidi and Philip Gudthaykudthay in one room. This piece by Philip Gudthaykudthay shows the triangular shapes where the ancestral witiji (olive python) hits the ground after swallowing the Wagilag sisters and their child. He is the most senior artist from Ramingining and the last active artist from the Milingimbi school of painters. https://bit.ly/3mMr3hV

22.01.2022 Willy Tjungurrayi painting thousands of tiny hailstones throughout his career. Sometimes you need to look at the details to make sense of the whole. Willy Tjungurrayi, Untitled- Hailstorm on Sandhills, 109 x 206cm, 2007 https://bit.ly/3eqzhH2

21.01.2022 Yukultji Napangati paints the stories of the ancestral women’s places at Marrapinti, where women made nose bones. This year she was selected as a finalist at the Telstra NATSIAA. You can experience this exhibition in a virtual tour at https://www.virtualmagnt.net.au/telstranatsiaa. This painting was painted in 2017. Untitled - Marrapinti, 199 x 113cm. https://bit.ly/30Kxc59

20.01.2022 Ningura Napurrula was a contributor to the amazing Kintore Women’s painting exhibited at AGNSW in 2000. In 2006 the Musee du Quai Branly opened in Paris featuring a translation of one of her paintings on the ceiling. Read more about Ningura Napurrula on our website https://bit.ly/34Gmnlo.

19.01.2022 Listen to a podcast with Australian Wood Sculptor, Geoff Bromilow - https://bit.ly/3gCHV6k

18.01.2022 Borders are closed but our talented artists are still painting. Yinarupa Nangala paints the Mukula rockhole site near the WA/NT border. See more of her paintings exhibited online. https://bit.ly/3iHIa26

16.01.2022 Dorothy Napangardi was born at Mina Mina, the crystalline salt lake site where many women's ceremonies were performed. She is well recognised for her stunning paintings, featuring in major exhibitions including the solo Survey exhibition at the MCA in 2002. https://bit.ly/2EoB5Vh Read more about Dorothy Napangardi on our website. https://bit.ly/3hzYNfm

16.01.2022 Yukultji Napangati and George Tjungurrayi are finalists for the third and sixth time respectively in the AGNSW Wynne Prize. Deservedly recognised for their stunning interpretations of the landscape. https://bit.ly/3mx7wC7

12.01.2022 Exploring the museum collection. Incised hardwood early spear thrower with emu and landscape design. Sourced from Central Australia in the early 1950’s, provenance shows purchase as a part of a larger collection mid 1990’s. 60cm on metal stand. (Background painting by Makinti Napanangka) Contact us to see more early artefacts.

07.01.2022 We are open for your public holiday Monday art fix. 11am -4pm. Jeannie Mills Pwerle is our feature artist today, come in to see her latest paintings.

05.01.2022 Noel Hart studio glass. Catches the light in the layers of glass. Hard to believe the colours are from nature, this piece reflects the Mulga Parrot found in southern Australia. Mulga Parrot, Noel Hart, 2019 https://bit.ly/3ieon9J

03.01.2022 Bark paintings are elaborate ancestral paintings considered appropriate for the public domain. The fine line work ( rarrk) and figurative images of plants and animals have meaning related to particular narrative. On the left of these three close-up images are Tom Djumburpur’s olive python (witiitj), belonging to the Widumin clan country. We are working on getting our valuable collection of #barkpainting online. Watch this space !