Past Exhibitions
The Antipodean Manifesto exhibition
When: Wednesday 19 February 2025 to Saturday 3 May 2025.
Where: Wanneroo Regional Gallery, Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre, Rocca Way, Wanneroo
Opening hours
- Wednesday to Saturday // 10am to 4pm
- Closed Monday, Tuesday, Sunday and public holidays
The Antipodean Manifesto exhibition is currently on display at the Wanneroo Regional Gallery, and features a selection of paintings, drawings, prints and ceramics by the seven artists and one historian who formed the Antipodean group in Melbourne in 1969.
Drawn from The State Art Collection, it explores the social and political context of late 1950s Australia.
The Antipodean Manifesto - Curator Talk & Slow Looking Experience
When: Wednesday 2 April // 10am to 11am
Where: Wanneroo Regional Gallery, Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre, Rocca Way, Wanneroo
Join Curator Emma Bitmead for an immersive slow-looking experience of The Antipodean Manifesto.
Dive deep into the artwork and uncover stories behind the exhibition as Emma shares her curatorial vision and insights.
Visitor comments
- "This Antipodean Collection was sublime, inspiring and humble all together. Thank you for the experience of this viewing."
- "BRILLIANT. A feast for the eyes!"
Image
Charles Blackman
Triptych Alice 1957
oil and enamel on Masonite
121.6 x 274.1 cm
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Purchased with assistance from the Friends of the Art Gallery, 1988
© Charles Blackman, 1957
Image courtesy of The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Photo: Bo Wong
Walking through a Songline
When: 13 November 2024 to 1 February 2025
Where: Wanneroo Regional Gallery, Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre, Rocca Way, Wanneroo
Opening hours
- Wednesday to Saturday // 10am to 4pm
- Closed Monday, Tuesday, Sunday and public holidays
- Please note the Wanneroo Regional Gallery will be closed over the Christmas and New Year period.
Songlines, or Dreaming tracks, map the routes of Ancestral beings as they travelled across Australia, creating the land and its people.
allows audiences of all ages to immerse themselves in a space where paintings come to life, stories are visualised, and ancient knowledge is shared in a striking and artistic way.
Surrender your understandings of time and space, and experience Indigenous storytelling as this ancient narrative comes alive through new technology.
Accompanying the exhibition, the City also has a series of Seven Sister story works on display, which were kindly loaned from the Kerry Stokes Collection, Janet Holmes á Court Collection and Gilbert George Collection.
