Cross Currents2 July - 7 August 2005 Lola Greeno, Treahna Hamm, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Julie Gough, Denise Robinson Opens at Linden - St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts 6-8pm Friday 1 July 2005 Cross Currents is an exhibition of work by five Aboriginal women artists from Tasmania and Victoria who use found materials in very personal and culturally evocative ways. Their work for this exhibition is a symbolic renewal of historical connections between states, across boundaries and between cultures, black and black and black and white. Lorraine Connelly-Northey is a Waradjerie woman from Swan Hill who works with found materials to respond both to her immediate surrounds and the legacy of Aboriginal culture and heritage. Her installation Narbongs in Flood comprises a sea of miniature dilly bags made from wire, feathers, bone, wood, shell, porcupine quills and other found materials. She has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions and was short listed for the 2003 Raka Award. This year she is busy with several exhibitions including solo and group shows at the Mildura Arts Centre, Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery, Object Galleries in Sydney and the Melbourne Museum. The impact of the past on our present lives is an ongoing theme in the work of Tasmanian Aboriginal artist Julie Gough. She describes Craft for Floating Home, made from found natural and synthetic materials, as "voyageable translations of what absence and isolation are". Gough has shown widely throughout Australia and overseas. She is represented in the collections of major public galleries including the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and has undertaken residencies in New York, London and Paris. Respected Tasmanian Aboriginal shell worker, sculptor and installation artist Lola Greeno responds to place, material and experience in her work The Makers, which is a dedication to all Tasmanian Aboriginal Shell necklace makers. Her beautiful shell necklaces have been widely exhibited throughout Australia including the Academy Gallery, Launceston, The Sydney Opera House and The Art Gallery of South Australia. She is represented in State, National and private collections including the NGA and the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Yorta Yorta artist Treahna Hamm works across a diversity of mediums including printmaking, glasswork and intricate woven fibre forms to create imagery and objects such as shields, coolamons and breastplates, that relate to her connection to the Murray river and the influence of her cultural identity. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Missio International Art Award, Germany 1999 and first prize in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Art Award in 1996. Her work is represented in many collections including the NGA and the NGV. Her residencies include Lourdesheim, Aachen, Germany and Crow Shadow Community, USA. Tasmanian Aboriginal artist Denise Robinson uses sand, shell remnants and oil in her installation Endless Beginnings. Her inspiration is drawn from relationships between indigenous people, land and spirit. She has worked with local communities to construct sculptural or installation forms that refer both to sites, stories and people. Robinson, who has been exhibiting in Australia and overseas since 1998 participated in the Stanley Art Prize 2001, Highway 1 Project 2003 and will be shown in Hobart's Salamanca Arts Centre feature exhibition for 10 days on the Island 2005. This exhibition is accompanied by artist's floor talks and workshops for adults, children and schools. For more information please refer to flyers This exhibition is part of Victoria's NAIDOC week celebrations and is supported by the City of Port Phillip and the Myer Foundation. PUBLIC PROGRAMSCross Currents Turn found objects into Personal Treasures
Nature Transformed Beading and Braiding
Linden's Gallery 1 is proudly sponsored by Cummins & Partners Linden's Gallery 3 is proudly sponsored by Miele Australia
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