Gertrude Studios 2024
Curated by Amelia Winata and Brigid Moriarty
The annual Gertrude Studios exhibition is a collective snapshot of the practices supported by Gertrude, presenting new and recent works produced in the organisation's studios in 2024. The exhibition offers audiences the opportunity to experience a broad range of works from leading arts practitioners, while also considering material and conceptual developments in contemporary practice. This year's exhibition has been conceived by Curator Amelia Winata and Assistant Curator Brigid Moriarty alongside Gertrude studio artists, providing a chance for the artists to experiment with divergent ideas or reflect upon recent productions in new configurations—all in conversation with the work of fellow practitioners.
images courtesy and © the artist, photograph: Christian Capurro.
yenmatj (to burn)
I learn from the practice yenmatj (to burn) through listening and watching and understood deep within my bawu (body) the practice of my Yenbena (Ancestor/s).
A long-term intervention with Gertrude Contemporary is initiated through the work yenmatj (to burn). South-Eastern Indigenous mark making has been burnt into selected areas of the exposed wooden beams at Gertrude. The burning and marks used are emblematic of Indigenous knowledge. yenmatj (to burn) is a critique of the white cube and an attempt to reconfigure it; furthermore, the markings acknowledge the woka (Country), upon which the Gertrude Contemporary exists.
