029
Theresa
Lemon
Nganikurunggur/ Ngangiwumurri
Mimeli, 2002
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
200 x 120cm
PROVENANCE
Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin, NT
Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Private Collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, "Peppimenarti: transcending tradition",
22 January-7 February, 2004
In the catalogue accompanying the Sherman exhibition, Kathleen Brown writes:
"Five contemporary Indigenous artists – Pincher Talunga, Regina
Wilson, Theresa Lemon, Margaret Kundu and Mabel Jimarin – explore
the elements of colour and design by drawing on the rich knowledge and
unique skills of a tradition of basket weaving and the designs painted
on cultural materials… Theresa Lemon explores a concept over a series
of paintings. Through her own experimental style, rather than a direct
transfer from material culture, Lemon is creating a whole new way of experiencing
life and art. In this show she draws on the special colours and fine stitches
of the weaving tradition. A black current berry, mimeli, is used to create
blue-purple dye for weaving. An expansion of the intricate stitches made
from pandanus fibre to the dimensions of canvas celebrates both the depth
and precision of the weaving tradition and the emergence of a new visual
expression."