GPAC and Big hART presents

Namatjira

by Scott Rankin

Namatjira captures the intense beauty, depth, opportunism, mateship and injustice that has shaped our country. More than a night at the theatre, this is an experience of art, live on stage. Before our eyes, Trevor Jamieson and the relatives of Albert Namatjira - third generation watercolour artists in their own right - assist with the re-telling of his life, filling the stage with a huge landscape drawing of their desert country.

Albert Namatjira's achingly beautiful watercolours introduced the lounge rooms of Australian suburbia to the exquisite beauty of our central desert heartland. In a similar way, this sweeping narrative acts as a window through which we can see ourselves, and our nation, as clearly as the landscapes he gave to us.

Click here to read the recent review from The Age - 16 August, 2011

Want to to expand your Namatjira experience?

Visit Metropolis Gallery at 64 Ryrie St from September 7-17 for Namatjira: Regeneration, an exhibition of original watercolour paintings by an exciting new generation of artists who are the descendents of Albert Namtjira and his Hermannsberg contemporaries.

Geelong Art Gallery will also have on display one of Albert Namatjira's original paintings as well as some Namatjira family works.