Art of Belonging: Spinifex People, Native Title and Beyond
Location
WA Museum Boola Bardip
Perth Cultural Centre, Perth / Boorloo
Perth Cultural Centre, Perth / Boorloo
Dates
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Dates
Saturday 30 November 2024 – Monday 28 April 2025
A detailed commentary of Spinifex Country by the Traditional Owners of the area.
The exhibition of paintings from the Spinifex Arts Project highlights and celebrates the story of the Spinifex People and their return to country in the 1980s, which led to the negotiation of their successful Native Title Agreement with the Western Australian State Government in 2000.
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Wayu_1998_0.jpg?itok=-YdewOHm)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Wayarra_1998_0.jpg?itok=6KLKtlO5)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Wati_Tjutaku_1998_0.jpg?itok=OaUKtMZS)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting on a black canvas background representing the topography of Country](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Walyuwalyutjara_1999_0.jpg?itok=jRfMievr)
![A darkly coloured Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Upuritjara_1999_0.jpg?itok=sjm6HmCh)
![A colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with strong triangular lines that emerge from the four corners of the canvas](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Untitled_1997_0.jpg?itok=EmOtpYu6)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with a range of colourful shapes](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Tuwan_1997_0.jpg?itok=CA1xiXvj)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with a range of colourful shapes](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Tjiwarr_1998.jpg?itok=gY3dtczZ)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with a range of colourful shapes including straight lines connecting four concentric circles in the corners of the image and a fifth in the centre](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Tjitjirrti_1997_0.jpg?itok=DKzp1u59)
![A colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with 6 concentric circles in a grid pattern](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Tjinigka_1998_0.jpg?itok=6F_pOQxV)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with a range of colourful shapes](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Tjarruntjara_0.jpg?itok=jARisgeW)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with a range of colourful shapes](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Spinifex_Country_1998_0.jpg?itok=_OGSESd9)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with a range of colourful shapes](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Pukara_1998_0.jpg?itok=mftEDIRB)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with a range of colourful shapes on a blue background](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Pawi_1998_0.jpg?itok=hrqOA78U)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with a range of colourful shapes](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Paltju_1997_0.jpg?itok=Cxa_2jla)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with a range of colourful shapes](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Paltatjara_1998.jpg?itok=S2wgtD2P)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with a range of colourful shapes](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Palka_Palka_1998_0.jpg?itok=hvFClO-z)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with a range of colourful shapes](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Ngalkuritjarna_1999_0.jpg?itok=wu3jK6rl)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with a range of colourful shapes](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Kungarra_1999.jpg?itok=nibcnzHH)
![A vividly colourful Aboriginal painting representing the topography of Country with a range of colourful shapes](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size/public/2023-11/Art_of_Belonging_Boola_Bardip_Kumpurapa_Piti_1997_0.jpg?itok=dvnMLG7y)