S.H. Ervin Gallery

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Tree of Life: a testament to endurance

Saturday 10 April – Sunday 30 May

An exhibition by indigenous and non-indigenous Australian artists who are concerned for the environment and natural world, and understand the deep spiritual and physical associations that connect all forms of life.

As we cautiously emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, humanity is faced with a stark reckoning. The concept for TREE of LIFE is the central motif that signifies the challenges we face. What remains of the natural world is the one beacon in a perilous age of drought, fire, floods and plague, exacerbated by the constant reality of climate change. The recent horrific fire season experienced across the country will go down as the greatest extinction event for Australian wildlife and habitats since Colonisation. To temper an already dangerous over reaction to the vexed issues of hazard reduction, tree thinning and further rampant land clearing, this major exhibition led by First Nations artists will generate a fresh, positive energy towards the reclamation of diminishing natural resources.

Assembled by independent curator Gavin Wilson, the exhibition presents works by 27 leading contemporary Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, committed to the environment. Exhibiting artists include from the APY Lands, Adelaide Studio Women’s Collective - Josephine Mick, Rhoda Tjitayi, Katie Curley, Barbara Baker, Margot Brown, Inawintji Williamson and Margaret Richards - together with Allana Beltran, GW Bot, Nicholas Blowers, Nici Cumpston, Tamara Dean, Rachel Ellis, Louise Fowler-Smith, Richard Goodwin, Nicholas Harding, Janet Laurence, Idris Murphy, Andrew Merry, Euan Macleod, Peggy Patrick. William Robinson, Shane Smithers, Mary Tonkin, Emma Walker, John R. Walker and Joshua Yeldham.

Session times are as follows:

11am – 12pm

12pm – 1pm

1pm – 2pm

2pm – 3pm

3pm – 4pm

4pm – 5pm

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