Image: Emily Kame Kngwarreye

Christopher Hodges curates an exhibition presenting significant works from the Utopia community in the Northern Territory, highlighting the region’s major artistic output from its peak period in the 1990s.

The exhibition focuses on the internationally recognised artistic production of artists from the Utopia region, particularly developments in contemporary Aboriginal painting and the emergence of distinct visual languages associated with Country, ceremony and lived experience.

Featured artists include Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Gloria Petyarre and Ada Bird Petyarre.

By bringing together key works from this period, the exhibition underscores the historical and cultural significance of the Utopia community as one of the most influential centres of contemporary Indigenous art practice in Australia.