NEW EXUBERANCE: CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN TEXTILE DESIGN

Date & Time

Start: February 17, 2023 at 12:00 am
End: April 16, 2023 at 1:00 am

RAYLENE NGARRIDJDJAN BONSON X DANIEL EMMA – Love Bench with Back, 2021, 62 x 110 x 38 cm; Love Bench without Back, 2021, 38 x 110 x 38 cm,

Left: Susan Marawarr, Mandjabu (Fish Trap) (detail), designed 1917, hand screen-printed in Maningrida, 2020,

Previous page: Jay Jurrupula Rostron, Mimih Dancing and Bolung (Rainbow Serpent) (detail), designed 2022, linoprinted in Maningrida, 2022, silk dupion, metallic ink, 400 x 140 cm

New Exuberance: contemporary Australian textile design is a major touring exhibition project reflecting on current directions in textile practice through art, design and fashion. Curated by Meryl Ryan in consultation with the JamFactory team, the exhibition presents the work of more than thirty diverse multidisciplinary creatives and includes ten commissioned furniture pieces produced by designers associated with JamFactory.

Featuring: Bábbarra Women’s Centre, Frida Las Vegas, Grace Lillian Lee, Hannah Gartside, Ikuntji Artists, Iordanes Spyridon Gogos, Jemima Wyman, Kate Just, Lisa Waup X Verner, Nina Walton, Nixi Killick, Paul McCann, Romance Was Born, The Social Studio X Atong Atem X Romance Was Born, Tiwi Design, Vita Cochran, Wah-Wah Australia.