Shepparton Art Museum's Speaking In Colour will showcase, for the first time, the beautiful collection of indigenous Australian art put together by Carrillo and Ziyin Gantner, including paintings from the Central Desert, barks from Arnhem Land, and works from the north of Western Australia and Queensland.
Exhibited across five galleries, Speaking In Colour — curated by Kirsten Paisley — also features watercolour works by Albert Namatjira, his children and others in the Hermannsbu school.
Carrillo Gantner began his personal collection in the 1970s. In the mid 1990s, he and his uncle Baillieu Myer AC put together an important collection of indigenous art that toured in 1999 to the United States, Japan and China. This collection was subsequently donated to Melbourne's Museum Victoria; since then, Carrillo has rebuilt his personal collection, sharing his passion with partner Ziyin.
Their collection has continued to grow in number, diversity and strength, now spanning many significant works and representing a spectacularly wide breadth of artists.
Image: Harry WedgeThe exclusive exhibition and exemplary collection will be published by Shepparton Art Museum in a full colour catalogue, with new writing by author Jennifer Isaacs. Isaacs previously wrote Spirit Country (1999), based on the collection Carrillo donated to Museum Victoria.
Speaking In Colour will be officially opened by Rupert Myer AM, Chairman of the Australia Council for the Arts, on Thursday June 20.
