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The Collection
Nangara is a collection
of outstanding Australian aboriginal art. A few hundred
early works were the source to create the foundation stock
for a commercial art gallery in Melbourne, the Aboriginal
Gallery of Dreamings, those considered irreplaceable were
chosen to form a personal collection not be sold but for
exhibition, education and visual pleasure only.
The late ‘80’s proved to be the perfect timing
and the Ebes Collection
grew rapidly resulting in the first overseas exhibitions
in the early ‘90’s. Nangara now consists of
more than 800 works of art representing over 170 artists
and covering the art movement from its inception in 1971
to today.
Exhibiting Aboriginal Art
Museums and galleries select from the collection to shape
their exhibition to suit their needs. The scale of the collection
allows curators to exhibit
- multiple works from a single artists
- works from specific regions ie The Kimberley, Utopia,
Papunya etc.
- ethnographical
- educational
The possibilities are endless.
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"And yet her paintings have been repeatedly compared
with those of Monet, Matisse, De Kooning, Kandinsky and
many other international masters whose name she never heard
and whose works she never saw."
Margo
Neale, curator of Indigenous Australian Art
Queensland Art Gallery,
Emily Kame Kngwarreye Alhalkere paintings from utopia
Exhibition catalogue 1998.
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