Visual Arts

Kumarangk: Exhibition

This exhibition contains images of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other Indigenous Peoples who have passed.

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About

Kumarangk: Exhibition is an intergeneration love letter for Ngarrindjeri women, an exhibition that explores the survival of culture and the resistance to the destructive forces of the colony.

Kumarangk is an honouring of the resistance work of the Ngarrindjeri women protesters, who organised and acted against the building of the bridge from Goolwa to Hindmarsh Island. Over 10 years the women faced an onslaught of attacks from within the media and politics for speaking truth on culture and Country. This exhibition demonstrates the ongoing love, fight and cultural inheritance within Ngarrindjeri women’s circles.

Our thirteen artists include Sandra Saunders, Aunty Betty Sumner, Sonya Rankine, Carly Tarkari Dodd, Tiarnie Edwards, along with the Mardawi Collective made up of Aunty Ellen Trevorrow, Temeika Campbell, Zemiah Campbell, Debra Rankine, Elizabeth Rankine, Bessie Rigney, Stephanie Russell and Margi Sumner. Through artwork, our 13 artists embody the ongoing continued connection and responsibility, creating stories that are interconnected through familiar ties and multiple art disciplines including Ngarrindjeri weaving, large soft sculpture, painting, text-based work, installation and ceramics. Featuring a mix of traditional and contemporary art mediums, Kumarangk showcases existing alongside ambitious new works by multiple generations of Ngarrindjeri women artists.

Text by Aunty Katrina Powers and Aunty Eunice Aston will also feature in the front of house of the exhibition, which will be utilised to set tone and intention of the exhibition whilst paying respects to mother earth and our Blak Matriarchy.

Co-Curated by Dominic Guerrera (Ngarrindjeri, Kaurna) and Danni Zuvela, the exhibition showcases art works from an incredible line up of Ngarrindjeri women artist, providing platform for them to speak and be heard. Experience the love and passion for culture, community and Country.

Talks and Tours

Curator guided tour

Sat, 4 Apr at 12pm-2pm

Join Curator Dominic Guerrera and Associate Curator Jayda Wilson on a guided tour providing insight and discussion on the stories within the exhibition. 

Workshops

Protest banner making workshop with Tikari Rigney

Sat, 28 Feb at 1pm
Duration 2-Hours

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Weaving jewellery workshop with Natasha Wanganeen

Sat, 7 Mar at 1pm
Duration 2-Hours

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BOOKED OUT | Protest poetry workshop with Alexis West

Sat, 14 Mar at 1pm
Duration 2-Hours

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BOOKED OUT | Basket Weaving workshop with Melanie Koolmatrie

Sat, 21 Mar at 1pm
Duration 2-Hours

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BOOKED OUT | Textile Dyeing Workshop with Bonny Brodie and Christina Flanagan

Sat, 28 Mar at 10am
Duration 6-Hours

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Social Impact Survey

Please share with Country Arts SA your experience, thoughts and feelings about Kumarangk: Exhibition. In the survey we are ask you to reflect on your experience and tell us about these impacts, whether they are small or large. 

You will have a chance to win a Kumarangk catalogue at the end of the survey.

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Image: Sandra Saunders, Ngarrindjeri/Bungandidj people, South Australia, born Millicent, South Australia 1947, Nature’s Justice, 2025, Port Lincoln, South Australia, oil on hardboard, 130.0 x 75.0cm. Photo: Nat Rogers.

Image 2: Kumarangk: Exhibition Catalogue. Photo by Clare Elvia.

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