Garrbe Garrbe: let's go collecting: Paintings & Ceramics from the Women of Miriwoong
Past exhibition
Delany Griffiths
Goordim, Woorrilbem and Flying Fox Springs, 2022
natural ochre and pigments on canvas
125 x 130 cm
Short St Gallery presents, Garrbe Garrbe, a collection of paintings and ceramics from the women of Miriwoong in the East Kimberley’s. The exhibition celebrates the collective cultural practice of the Miriwoong women and showcases the work of several generations, including the Griffith family in Peggy, Jan, Delany, and Cathy Ward, who work alongside Phyllis Ningamara, Anita Churchill, Brenda Mingen, Bessie Malarvie and Kitty Malarvie. The women’s abstract deftly painted works reflect the importance of the land and the abundant bush tucker the women collect, record, and remember.
Garrbe Garrbe’s ethereal paintings celebrate and capture the beauty of the women’s culture and country; from billabongs filled with water lilies, to gleaming clusters of bush foods, grasses, and spinifex. The joy an abundance of bush tucker exalts is evident in the delicate imagery and patterns that grace the canvas and the ceramics on show. The life-giving act of caring for the land and collecting bush tucker is captured by these generations of women in Garrbe Garrbe to celebrate and remember a country that is alive, strong, and full of spirit.
Garrbe Garrbe’s ethereal paintings celebrate and capture the beauty of the women’s culture and country; from billabongs filled with water lilies, to gleaming clusters of bush foods, grasses, and spinifex. The joy an abundance of bush tucker exalts is evident in the delicate imagery and patterns that grace the canvas and the ceramics on show. The life-giving act of caring for the land and collecting bush tucker is captured by these generations of women in Garrbe Garrbe to celebrate and remember a country that is alive, strong, and full of spirit.