Experience the wonders of Aranda Country in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, through one hundred beatific watercolours at the free NGV exhibition Watercolour Country: 100 works from Hermannsburg.
Running from October 27–April 14, 2024, at the Ian Potter Centre, the exhibition threads together watercolours made by Aranda, Western Aranda, Eastern Aranda and Kemarre/Loritja artists working in the Indigenous community of Ntaria/Hermannsburg across the generations.
Among the artworks is a new acquisition by Albert Namatjira, who is regarded as of Australia's most prolific artists, after he found fame through his pioneering landscapes of the Central Australian outback. The exhibition also features contemporary artists Benita Clements and the likes of Gerhard Inkamala and Cordula Ebatarinja – one of the only women to have a career as a painter during the boom period of the Hermannsburg School.
Whether it's far-flung eucalyptus trees, slender ghost gums or jagged rock formations, Watercolour Country: 100 works from Hermannsburg spotlights the wild beauty of not only Aranda Country but the stories etched within.
Discover more about the upcoming exhibition by visiting the NGV website here.
