Gallery 2:
You can’t get lost – Catherine Kennedy 12-18 February
You can’t get lost
Catherine Kennedy
12-18 February
Meet award winning artist Catherine Kennedy, who is the first featured solo exhibiting artist for 2018
Tap gallery. 259 Riley St Surry Hills Open daily 13-18 February, 12-6pm.
ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF GALLERY 2!
Yes we have expanded!
The new room has a unique character and is a welcome expansion of space.
Gallery 2 is available for hire:
SEE BELOW
NOW taking bookings for 2018.
Announcing our new additional gallery/performance space, seating 20, available for:
- Workshops $25 per hour
- Painting and Drawing Classes $25 per hour
- Film Screenings (in-house projector and screen available)
- Private Dinners
- Seminars
- Exhibitions :- 30 small paintings
- 15 large paintings
- Hen’s nights
- Corporate parties
- Product Launches
Nightly Events – $200 Weekly Events – $400
Mor Mor Mutthi Mutthi presents “Mungo Man Coming Home” – Exhibition from 23 to 29 October, Opening on Tuesday 24 October from 6 pm
My name is Mor-Mor and I am Mutthi-Mutthi, mother born in Balranald, which is Western New South Wales, Australia.
I am the youngest of eleven children. I have two children, a son Daryl and a daughter Kaleana. I come from the Mungo Mutthi-Mutthi Tribe, my mother Mrs Alice Kelly, deceased was the custodian of Lake Mungo and the Tribal Elder of the Mungo Mutthi-Mutthi people. My father Alfred Kelly, also deceased was the Tribal Elder of the Wamba and Nyiampaa Tribes.
I have been spirit painting since my return from New Zealand in to my Mungo Mutthi-Mutthi Tribal ground in early 1993.
The presentation of my art is my spiritual link to my Sacred Lady of Lake Mungo, which dates back beyond 30,000 years. My very strong Spiritual link to my Mungo Mutthi-Mutthi Sacred Lady inspires me to create My Spiritual drawings, paintings and stories. Through my Spiritual drawings and paintings I show my Spiritual Ancestors who lived in Love, Peace and Harmony for over 40,000 years.
My spiritual Ancestors and I have affiliated with Mother Earth and my Sacred Tribal land since time Immemorial and Creation was by our Sacred Spirit.
Each drawing and bark painting tells its own distinctive individual Sacred Story and all the Sacred Stories interconnect back to the Sacred Spirit of Our Creation.
© Mor-Mor Mungo Mutthi-Mutthi Creations
MAN MUNGO
The return of MAN MUNGO after 40 years in custody in Canberra. A 40,000 year old sketelal remain found at MUNGO in 1974.
DRINKS WITH THE ARTIST + SLIDE NIGHT: TUESDAY 24TH OCTOBER 6PM
MUNGO CELEBRATION NIGHT Saturday 28th 6pm
Featuring guest speakers, entertainment & nibbles.
Below is the story of MUNGO!
Janet Venn-Brown Birthday Party and Show on Saturday 14 October from 4 pm
JANET VENN- BROWN BIRTHDAY SHOW
Janet lived and painted in Italy for 40 years where she painted interiors of well known artists and associates.Pictured above is the interior of Justin O’Brian’s interior. Justin was a well known Australian figurative painter.Janet also painted the interior of Jeffrey Smart’s studio and many more. Margaret Olley visited Janet whenever she was in Italy.
Come and wish this wonderful woman well at her 92 & view a great exhibition.
Janet had a beautiful family childhood living in Drummoyne, sailing the Harbour and attending PLC. When the war arrived she was to be sent to the country as a landgirl and her father, horrified at the idea, got her employed by Movietone News instead. Later she worked for Sam Ure-Smith and instead of throwing out a rejected mss she took it home to read and told him it should be published. That book was called They’re a Weird Mob.
Meanwhile she was studying at her Italian art school and has been painting ever since.
Her travels took her around Europe, particularly England and Scandanavia, before she settled in Rome for 40 years. She found a flat close by for her friend Justin O’Brien when he arrived, and was one of the painting circle there that included visitors like Martin Sharpe, Arthur Boyd, Donald Friend and Margaret Olley as well as locals Jeffrey Smart…. David Malouf and so on.
And it was in Rome that she met Wael Zuaiter, the Palestinian intellectual, who captured her heart when he sang to her so sweetly – It was a lover and his lass – as they walked the banks of the Tiber. He had a trained voice.
Eight years later, a bit of a dreamer, he finally had the documentation ready for their marriage, when he was gunned down by Mossad and Janet’s life was changed for all time. She wrote her book For a Palestinian as a memorial to him and filled it with accounts from his friends such as Jean Genet, Alberto Moravia and Edward Said. She has never ceased to work for Palestine and several other causes for social justice.
At the same time, she never stopped painting and exhibited in several countries. On her return to Sydney the National Trust got her to paint Vaucluse House interiors and the results were shown at the SH Erwin on Observatory Hill. Her very delicate touch and finely sensitive interpretation has been in constant demand – and as she turns 90 today is still leading the busiest life with barely a space in her calendar. Her friends have trouble keeping up with her.