Tarnanthi - Kumarangk

Featuring a mix of traditional and contemporary art mediums, Kumarangk showcases existing paintings, sculptures and weavings alongside ambitious new works in weaving and soft sculpture by multiple generations of Ngarrindjeri women artists.

At the centre of this exhibition is the remounting of Aunty Sandra Saunders’ historic Hindmarsh Island Collection, a series of mixed-media acrylic paintings and wire-based works that document and depict the events of the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy from the Ngarrindjeri women’s position, combined with a major new painting commission from her that reflects on events from today’s perspective.

Kumarangk also displays newly commissioned and pre-existing works from other Ngarrindjeri women artists, including Aunty Ellen Trevorrow, Aunty Betty Sumner, Sonya Rankine, Carly Dodd and the Mardawi collective of Ngarrindjeri women weavers. Among the artists are women who were leaders of the resistance to the Hindmarsh Island bridge development (Trevorrow, Saunders and Sumner) as well as a new generation of artists (Dodd, Rankine and the Mardawi collective) who have inherited the legacy of community organising and continuous culture.

Artists

Temeika Campbell
Ngarrindjeri people, South Australia

Zemiah Campbell
Ngarrindjeri people, South Australia

Carly Tarkari Dodd
Kaurna/Narungga/Ngarrindjeri people, South Australia

Tiarnie Edwards
Ngarrindjeri people, South Australia

Debra Rankine
Ngarrindjeri people, South Australia

Elizabeth Rankine
Ngarrindjeri people, South Australia

Sonya Rankine
Ngarrindjeri/Ngadjuri/Narungga/Wirangu people, South Australia

Bessie Rigney
Ngarrindjeri people, South Australia

Stephanie Russell
Ngarrindjeri people, South Australia

Sandra Saunders
Ngarrindjeri/Boandik people, South Australia

Betty Sumner
Yaraldi/Ramindjerri/Boandik people, South Australia

Margi Sumner
Ngarrindjeri people, South Australia

Ellen Trevorrow
Ngarrindjeri people, South Australia

Access

Wheelchair accessible, accessible toilets