Abstract painting of coloured circles in yellow, orange, pink and purple on a black background.

THE WOMEN’S SHOW

15.03.2023—
22.04.2023

The Women’s Show is Vivien Anderson Gallery’s annual exhibition of paintings, ceramics, jewellery and sculpture by emerging and eminent Indigenous Australian women artists in recognition of their expanding contribution to Australian and International visual arts and culture.

Abstract painting of coloured circles in yellow, orange, pink and purple on a black background.
Katjarra Butler |
Ngamurru – Katjarra
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
147 x 121 cm
Provenance: Tjarlirli Art, WA cat 22-903 KA
$8,000
Abstract painting of folded lines in red, purple, blue and orange on a black background.
Mary Gibson |
Kurlkurta – Mary
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
152 x 122 cm
Provenance: Tjarlirli Art, WA cat 22-1014
$6,900
Abstract painting with wavy lines in various shades of blue, outlined in white dots on a black background.
Jillian Giles |
Minyma Tjukurla
2021
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
147 x 122 cm
Provenance: Tjarlirli Art, WA cat 21-1144
$2,500
Abstract painting with patterned dots in blue, green and white on a black background
Denise Brady |
Deniseku Story
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
147 x 122 cm
Provenance: Tjarlirli Art, WA cat 22-74
$4,000
Blue-grey woven bag held by a wooden mannequin forearm protruding from the wall, framed by a series of white circles.
Janet Fieldhouse |
I am: Bones
2022
cool ice clay, raffia, wood, wire
55 x 35 x 20 cm
Exhibited: 'Faceless', Cairns Art Gallery, QLD 2022
$3,500
A piece of white ceramic carved into multiple faces, cradled within a woven blue-grey bag.
Janet Fieldhouse |
I am: Bones
2022
cool ice clay, raffia, wood, wire
55 x 35 x 20 cm
Exhibited: 'Faceless', Cairns Art Gallery, QLD 2022
$3,500
Abstract painting of white zig-zagged lines on a black background.
Charlotte Phillipus Napurrula |
Kalipinypa
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
183 x 71 cm
Provenance: Papunya Tjupi, NT cat 120-22
$4,500
Abstract painting with a series of white and pale yellow zig-zagged lines on a deep red background
Charlotte Phillipus Napurrula |
Kalipinypa
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
91 x 76 cm
Provenance: Papunya Tjupi, NT cat 159-22
$2,500
Abstract painting with organic shapes painted in white and grey on a white background with orange, red and green paint drips, as well as a series of concentric dotted circles in black and ochre colours
Candy Nelson Nakamarra |
Kalipinypa
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
152 x 122 cm
Provenance: Papunya Tjupi, NT cat 318-22
$8,500
Abstract painting with pale yellow, grey and white curved, dotted lines on a black background
Maureen Poulson Napangardi |
Kapi Tjukurpa – Kalipinypa
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
183 x 152 cm
Provenance: Papunya Tjupi, NT cat 242-22
$7,800

Coinciding with International Women’s Day since 2001, 2023 is the 18th iteration of The Women’s Show.  The exhibition pays tribute to emerging and senior women artists from across Australia at the top of their game and their enduring commitment to making art that can create inspired revelations, insight, and a deeper understanding of the stories of Indigenous culture.

Abstract painting with curved magenta dotted lines on a black background
Maureen Poulson Napangardi |
Kapi Tjukurpa – Kalipinypa
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
122 x 91 cm
Provenance: Papunya Tjupi, NT cat 326-22
$3,000
Abstract painting with organic, grid-like patterns of dots and lines in orange, various yellows and various blues on an electric blue background
Doris Bush Nungarrayi |
Mamunya Ngalyananyi (Monster Coming)
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
122 x 152 cm
Provenance: Papunya Tjupi, NT cat 97-22
$5,800
Painting of a scene of people engaging in various everyday activities within the outdoor landscape, with various wildlife and plants, bodies of water and hills, and a fiery sun in the cloudy blue sky
Kumanjayi Napangardi Wheeler |
Olden times at Palm Valley
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
66 x 153 cm
Provenance: Tangentyere Artists, NT cat 12207-22
$3,500

Lot of people...come to Alice Springs, stay with family at Town Camps, visit with family, then do their shopping and go back again to Hermannsburg. And the big truck brings fuel to Hermannsburg. And some people come on bush bus. Busy, busy road.”

— Joanne Napangardi Wheeler

Painting of cars and trucks on winding roads amidst a busy landscape of trees, plants and various wildlife
Kumanjayi Napangardi Wheeler |
Road to Hermannsburg
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
76.5 x 152.5 cm
Provenance: Tangentyere Artists, NT cat 12401-22
$4,000
Five woven, organically-shaped sculptures protruding from a grey wall
Kim Ah Sam |
Not Knowing What You Know
2022
repurposed rope, raffia, and bamboo
dimensions variable
Exhibited: 'Faceless', Cairns Art Gallery, QLD 2022
$35,000

The concept of my 5 woven sculptures represents my cultural identity through the stages of my life, each woven piece is my conscious journey of growing up and finding who I am as an indigenous woman and my identity. I had a sense of belonging, a feeling that I had already been there, an overwhelming sense of emotion a sense of belonging to my cultural identity.”

— Kim Ah Sam

Abstract woven, organically-shaped sculpture
Kim Ah Sam |
repurposed rope, raffia, and bamboo
Not Knowing What You Know
2022
repurposed rope, raffia, and bamboo
43 x 33 x 26 cm
Exhibited: ‘Faceless’, Cairns Art Gallery, QLD 2022
$35,000 (set of 5)
Abstract woven, organically-shaped sculpture
Kim Ah Sam |
Not Knowing What You Know
2022
repurposed rope, raffia, and bamboo
43 x 33 x 26 cm
$35,000 (set of 5)
Abstract woven, organically-shaped sculpture
Kim Ah Sam |
Not Knowing What You Know
2022
repurposed rope, raffia, and bamboo
20 x 28 x 26 cm
Exhibited: ‘Faceless’, Cairns Art Gallery, QLD 2022
$35,000 (set of 5)
Abstract woven, organically-shaped sculpture
Kim Ah Sam |
Not Knowing What You Know
2022
repurposed rope, raffia, and bamboo
20 x 28 x 26 cm
Exhibited: ‘Faceless’, Cairns Art Gallery, QLD 2022
$35,000 (set of 5)
Abstract woven, organically-shaped sculpture
Kim Ah Sam |
Not Knowing What You Know
2022
repurposed rope, raffia, and bamboo
30 x 27 x 28 cm
Exhibited: ‘Faceless’, Cairns Art Gallery, QLD 2022
$35,000 (set of 5)
Abstract woven, organically-shaped sculpture
Kim Ah Sam |
Not Knowing What You Know
2022
repurposed rope, raffia, and bamboo
30 x 27 x 28 cm
Exhibited: ‘Faceless’, Cairns Art Gallery, QLD 2022
$35,000 (set of 5)
Abstract woven, organically-shaped sculpture
Kim Ah Sam |
Not Knowing What You Know
2022
repurposed rope, raffia, and bamboo
57 x 36 x 41 cm
Exhibited: ‘Faceless’, Cairns Art Gallery, QLD 2022
$35,000 (set of 5)
Abstract woven, organically-shaped sculpture
Kim Ah Sam |
Not Knowing What You Know
2022
repurposed rope, raffia, and bamboo
57 x 36 x 41 cm
Exhibited: ‘Faceless’, Cairns Art Gallery, QLD 2022
$35,000 (set of 5)
Abstract woven, organically-shaped sculpture
Kim Ah Sam |
Not Knowing What You Know
2022
repurposed rope, raffia, and bamboo
54 x 63 x 59 cm
Exhibited: ‘Faceless’, Cairns Art Gallery, QLD 2022
$35,000 (set of 5)
Abstract woven, organically-shaped sculpture
Kim Ah Sam |
Not Knowing What You Know
2022
repurposed rope, raffia, and bamboo
54 x 63 x 59 cm
Exhibited: 'Faceless', Cairns Art Gallery, QLD 2022
$35,000
Abstract sculpture in red ochre and white colouring with abstract protrusions and carved patterning
Naomi Hobson |
Red Kangaroo
2023
HAND-BUILT TERRACOTTA WITH INCISED WHITE SLIP
52.5 x 17 x 11 cm
$4,950
Abstract sculpture in grey and white colouring with abstract protrusions and carved patterning
Naomi Hobson |
Rock Cod
2023
EARTHENWARE WITH INCISED WHITE SLIP
44 x 20 x 12 cm
$4,950
Abstract sculpture in red ochre and white colouring with abstract protrusions and carved patterning
Naomi Hobson |
Red Kangaroo
2023
HAND-BUILT TERRACOTTA WITH INCISED WHITE SLIP
58 x 16 x 12 cm
$4,950
Tall hollow log intricately painted with red, black and white stripes, with a spoon-shaped black section at the bottom.
Dhuwarrwarr Marika |
Yalaŋbara
2019
earth pigment on hollow log
288 cm (h)
Provenance: Buku Larrŋgay Mulka, NT cat 6905-19
$16,500
Sculpture of a yellow and black fish with blue and yellow detail, made out of reclaimed fishing nets
Racy Oui Pitt |
Leena Gel
2022
ghost nets (reclaimed fishing nets)
53 x 23 x 22 cm
Provenance: Erub Arts, TSI cat 22-55
$950

In Australia, abandoned fishing nets (also known as ghost nets) from boats are washed ashore, trapping marine species such as turtles and dugongs. Sadly, these turtles make up 80 percent of the marine life found caught in these nets. As an environmental project, Erub Artists are utilising these abandoned ghost nets in an attempt to clean up the oceans. Their objective is to raise awareness about the negative impacts of ghost nets by creating art such as this jellyfish out of reclaimed fishing net.”

— Lavinia Ketchell

Sculpture of a turquoise and white jellyfish made from reclaimed fishing nets
Lavinia Ketchell |
Popwag Jinx
2022
ghost nets (reclaimed fishing nets)
50 x 13 x 13 cm
Provenance: Erub Arts, TSI cat 22-54
$950
Portrait of a person wearing glasses and a floral blue and white shirt with their hands behind their back, on a pink background
Sophia Alone |
Olive Joseph
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
61 x 45.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 22-618
$1,200

Introducing Sophia Alone, who took up painting around 2020 to express her family’s stories through art.  Sophia says, “The people who are present and have left us are well known to our people and are special in my heart and if I could, I would love to give you a glimpse of that.”

Portrait of a person against a light blue background wearing a blue sports jersey with a sideways 'A' and yellow jersey numbers as well as an apron
Sophia Alone |
Layne Dhu-Dickie
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
71 x 61 cm
$2,000
Portrait of a bearded person wearing a cap and a green striped shirt with a red sticker saying 'Red Dir' against an abstract, multicoloured background
Sophia Alone |
Jack Seed Man
2021
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
35.5 x 40.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 21-926
$750
Portrait of a person's face against a background of red and blue wavy lines on a black background
Sophia Alone |
Layne Dhu-Dickie
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 22-7
$800 (box framed)
Portrait of a person wearing a white singlet with a tropical background of sea, sand, sunset sky, trees and a building on a hill.
Sophia Alone |
Lorna at 6 Mile
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 22-255
$500
Portrait of a person with a beard and long blue and purple hair against a black background
Sophia Alone |
Mark Different Look
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 22-256
$500
Portrait of a person painted in light blue-grey, white and black against a black background
Sophia Alone |
Kariyarra Elder Mum Sally Mack
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 22-155
$500
Portrait of a person wearing a red top and a black, red and yellow necklace against a white and black background
Sophia Alone |
Willarra Barker
2021
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 21-1103
$500
Portrait of a person with white facial hair and a red, yellow and black head scarf, wearing a black singlet against a yellow background
Sophia Alone |
Doreen Chapman
2021
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 21-785
$500
Portrait of an adult with a child against a sunset and palm tree background, with the words "Mummy & Daughter" written in purple at the bottom right below two pink love hearts
Sophia Alone |
Mummy & Daughter
2021
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 21-740
$500
Portrait of a person with large pursed lips against a floral background
Sophia Alone |
Kimberley
2021
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 21-589
$500
Portrait of a person wearing a black and white polka dot top against a blue and black background
Sophia Alone |
Lorna Dawson
2021
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 21-570
$500
Portrait of a person wearing a red top with a pink and blue collar, wearing a yellow, black and red necklace that is flapping in the wind
Sophia Alone |
Nyangamarta Woman – Willarra
2021
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 21-557
$500
Portrait of a smiling person against a green background
Sophia Alone |
Untitled (Self-Portrait)
2021
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 21-556
$500
Portrait of a person in front of white, red and blue halo-like circles on a blue background
Sophia Alone |
Layne Dhu-Dickie
2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 22-640
$500
Portrait of a person against a blue background surrounded by various seashells
Sophia Alone |
Crystal Gardiner
2021
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 21-938
$500
Portrait of a person with red lipstick against a white and black background with green palm fronds
Sophia Alone |
Sharlene Phillips
2021
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Provenance: Spinifex Hill Studio, WA cat 21-1096
$500

Lorraine Connelly Northey’s reclaimed iron and steel sculptures of narrbong are variations of the Wurundjeri women’s traditional carry-all bags. The muscularity of the artist’s material amplifies the role of women’s work in traditional and contemporary times.

A large rusted metal bag-shaped sculpture
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 1
2019
rusted steel, agriculture comb with rusted tin and tie wire
215 x 90 x 36 cm
$25,000
A large rusted metal bag-shaped sculpture with a jagged strap
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 2
2019
rusted steel, agriculture comb with rusted tin and tie wire
215 x 90 x 42 cm
$25,000
A large bag-shaped sculpture made of rusted wire
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 3
2019
rusted steel and ring-lock fencing wire
185 x 27 x 30 cm
$18,000
A large bag-shaped sculpture made of rusted wire
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 4
2019
rusted steel and ring-lock fencing wire
164 x 32 x 24 cm
$15,000
A large bag-shaped sculpture made of rusted steel and corrugated iron
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 5
2019
rusted steel piping and burnt corrugated iron
192 x 52 x 63 cm
$20,000
A large bag-shaped sculpture made of rusted steel and corrugated iron
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 6
2023
rusted steel and white acrylic handle with rusted tin
210 x 31 x 24 cm
$18,000
An abstract minimalist outline of a bag made from rusted mattress wire and tie wire
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 7
2019
rusted mattress wire and tie wire
124 x 65 x 16 cm
$8,000
A large bag-shaped sculpture made of rusted wire and corrugated iron
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 8
2019
rusted fencing wire with burnt corrugated iron
146 x 75 x 13 cm
$12,000
A large bag-shaped sculpture made of rusted bed springs and fencing wire
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 9
2019
rusted bed springs and fencing wire
157 x 60 x 20 cm
$12,000
A large bag-shaped sculpture made of rusted bed springs and fencing wire
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 10
2019
rusted bed springs and fencing wire
182 x 30 x 12 cm
$10,000
A large bag-shaped sculpture made of burnt fencing wire
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 11
2020
burnt rabbit proof fencing wire and fencing wire
200 x 60 x 29 cm
$15,000
A bag-shaped sculpture made of rusted tin and fencing wire
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 12
2022
rusted tin and fencing wire
108 x 15 x 10 cm
$4,000
A bag-shaped sculpture made of rusted tin
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 13
2022
rusted tin and fencing wire
62 x 19 x 15 cm
$3,000
A bag-shaped sculpture made of rusted tin and fencing wire
Lorraine Connelly-Northey |
Narrbong 14
2022
rusted tin and fencing wire
45 x 20 x 17 cm
$2,000
Triptych (three panels) of abstract orange and black horizontal lines
P. Boorljoonngali Thomas |
GEMERRE (CEREMONIAL SCARRING)
2014
earth pigment on canvas
90 x 360 CM (90 x 120 CM EACH)
Provenance: WARMUN ART CENTRE, WA CAT 88/14
$15,000
Abstract painting of columns of curved shapes in yellow ochre, red ochre, black and dusty pink, outlined by white dots.
Peggy Patrick |
Roogoon
2014
earth pigment on canvas
150 x 150 cm
Provenance: Warmun Art Centre, WA cat 287/14

The river reed necklace is based on traditional talisman that were given to people passing through Country as a sign of safe passage and friendship, but are supersized to reflect the scale of the loss of knowledge of cultural practices.”

— Maree Clarke

Three super-sized necklaces, made from river reeds and bird feathers, hanging from the ceiling
Maree Clarke |
River Reed Necklace (Centre)
2022
river reeds, hawk feathers, twine
500 cm (length)
$18,500
An open-ended necklace made from dried kelp stalks
Vicki West |
Kelp Necklace
2023
kelp stalk, copper
100 x 8 cm
$2,000
Bulky necklace made from dried pieces of kelp stalk of various shapes
Vicki West |
Kelp Necklace
2022
kelp stalk, twine
76 x 8 cm
$2,500
Sewn vessel made from dried kelp
Vicki West |
Kelp Vessel
2023
bull kelp, twine
23 x 17 x 10 cm
$2,500
Sewn vessel made from dried kelp
Vicki West |
Kelp Vessel
2023
bull kelp, twine
10 x 10 x 14 cm
$2,000

My relationship with kalikina (bull kelp) is a continuation of my ancestor's traditional cultural practices...The old people created rikawa (water carriers) made from the kalikina and continue to do so - these vessels played an essential role in the survival of Tasmanian Aboriginal people and culture over thousands of years. The kalikina for me is a metaphor for survival, it is a precious and sacred cultural resource...the kalikina in these works was collected from my homelands in the north east of Tasmania, and while these vessels carry my concerns for country/sea, they also celebrate the continuing cultural practices and survival of my people.”

— Vicki West

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