Details of Gordon Barney
About
Gordon was born and grew up on Alice Downs Station. His father taught him how to do stockwork and he became known as a skilled horsebreaker and buckjumper (Rodeo rider).
When he was working on Mabel Downs Station he met Shirley Purdie who became his wife. Shirley is a well known senior Warmun artist who encouraged Gordon to paint his country. Gordon started painting in 1998 when Warmun Art Centre commenced operation, often painting various hill lines located in his traditional country. Barney's sense of concentration and focus on country are often reflected in these landscapes.
An interesting aspect of Barney's work is that while he is working out bush as a stockman, he will often carry with him a saddle bag that he relegates to ochre collection. So at the end of his mustering stint, he will have a bagful of ochres that he has sourced as he has been riding through his country. His choice and application of ochres are unique to his paintings.
Gordon continues to work as a stockman and is well known in Warmun Community as a strong law and culture man and as an important ceremonial dancer.
Medium
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
Themes
Ngarrangkarni ( Dreaming) stories from Birrno- Alice Downs Station Country
Landforms and interpretations of country in Birrno
Station life on Alice Downs Station
Massacre stories from the south side of Purnululu
Solo Exhibitions
2007 BETT GALLERY, Hobart, Tas.
EXHIBITIONS
2008 'Warmun at Ten', Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin. NT
2008 'Ten Years of Warmun Ochres', Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2008 'New Voices in Gija Art', Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic
2008 'Mungowum Ngarraknaari Yaarun (Strong Stories, Strong Culture), Short St Gallery Broome, W.A
2007 'Ochre, Brushes, Canvas: new work from Warmun', Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2007 Warmun Snapshot', Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT
2007 'Greetings from Turkey Creek', Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2007 'Warmun Artists in New York', Ralph Pucci Gallery, New York, USA
2007 From the Bungalow II: Kimberley and the Top End, Johnston Gallery, Perth, WA
2006 'What bird is that?', Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2006' Gentlemen from Warmun', Seva Frangos Art, Perth
2006 'Warmun Art Centre Presents', Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2005 'New Work from Warmun', Gladfly Gallery, Perth,WA
2004 'Warmun Group Exhibition, Sydney, NSW
2003 'Ngarrgooroon, Yiyili & Yarangka', Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2002 'All that Gija Country', Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA
2002 Thornquest Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
2002 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
2002 Im Land ist das Sein. Kunst aus Australien ( Land is life. Art from Australia),
Jagdschloss Granitz, Binz, Rugen, Germany
2002 Beyond Wings, Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA
2002 Shirley Purdie and Gordon Barney, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
2002 Easter Group Show, Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2002 "Collectors Show", in conjunction with Seva Frangos, Span Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2002 All That Gija Country, Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA
2001 Past Modern, Australia Square, Sydney, NSW
2001 Ochre, Short st. Gallery, Broome, WA
2001 Chapel Off Chapel Gallery, South Melbourne, VIC
2001 Thornquest Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
2001 Ochres Show, Short st. Gallery, Broome, WA
2001 Richies Mill Gallery, Launceston, TAS
2001 In Celebration - Peter Baillie Acquisative Exhibition, Flinders University
Art Museum, Adelaide, SA
2000 Kunst Der Aborigines, Galerie Baehr, Dormagen, Germany
2000 Kunst Der Aborigines, Galerie Baehr, Leverkusen, Germany
2000 Adelhausermuseum, Freiburg, Germany
2000 Galerie Australis, Adelaide, SA.
2000 Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2000 Bett Gallery Hobart, TAS
2000 Commonwealth Institute, London, UK
2000 State of My Country, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2000 Michael Carr Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2000 Melbourne Art Fair (Artbank & Bett Gallery Hobart)
1999 Gallery Gabriella Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
1999 Chamber of Commerce, Wurzburg, Germany
1999 Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin, NT
1999 Hale School annual Art Exhibition, Perth, WA
1999 Japingka Gallery, Fremantle and Perth, WA
1999 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
1999 Short st. Gallery, Broome, WA
COLLECTIONS
Kerry Stokes Collection
Artbank
Private Collections in Australia and Germany
Artworks of Gordon Barney
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