The National Gallery of Australia has joined Tate Modern to present Europe’s first major solo exhibition dedicated to artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, who died in 1996.
The exhibition, to open on Friday, draws international attention to an artist know around Australia as simply “Emily,” known for her work based on the cultural, spiritual and environmental connections of the Anmatyerr people of the Utopia region in the Northern Territory.
The show, which features more than 80 works, spans Kngwarray’s artistic career from her early batiks, through her emergence as a painter in her late 70s and into her final, often huge expressions of Country in the 1990s. At its centre is one of her most ambitious works, The Alhalker suite 1993, from the collection of the NGA.
Audiences in London will be able to view textiles, paintings and film, with audio elements adding details to the story of Kngwarray’s art.
The exhibition has been curated by Kelli Cole, Kimberley Moulton, and members of Tate Modern’s curatorial team. It follows the NGA’s retrospective in 2023 which Cole co-curated with Hetti Perkins.
Emily Kam Kngwarray, Tate Modern in London, UK, July 10-January 11.
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