With Every Fibre of Our Being

4 May - 18 August 2024

Mann-Tatlow Gallery

Textiles from the Collection

Works from the collection which examine diverse relationships with fabric and fibre. The materiality of each work is embedded with personal, cultural, and conceptual reflections, as the artists engage with notions of memory, gender, material production and waste, heritage and the human condition.

Our many histories, narratives, and ways of being are inextricably woven into the fabric of our very being, conveyed in this exhibition through the intricate beauty of threaded, printed and woven mark making.

Artists: Brahma Tirta Sari Studio (Agus Ismoyo, Nia Fliam Urapuntja Utopia Artists, Lena Apwerl, Ada Apetyarr, Myrtle Apetyarr, Deceased Artist, Joy Apetyarr, Rosemary Apet), Alison Milyika Carrol, Marlene Creaser, Rosie Deacon, Heather Dorrough, Dhangal Gurruwiwi, Vivien Haley, Dora Kiwi, Edith Kouto, Yilpi Marks, Mundabaree, Djapirri Mununggirritj, Marrnyula Munungurr, Raquel Ormella, Jade Pegler, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre, Elizabeth Powell, Marilyn Puschak, Nalda Searles, Sally Smart, Arja Välimäki, Liz Williamson

Image: Heather Dorrough, Cicadas by the river, 1978-1979, 147.0 x 94.5 cm (image) 148.0 x 108.2 cm (sheet), appliqued and quilted fabric collage machine stitched on hand-dyed cotton canvas mounted on transparent synthetic polymer resin, Wollongong Art Gallery Contemporary Art - 1960 to now, Acquired with assistance from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council 1979