Gestures: Celebrating 10 years of the Free Space Studio (2024)
Curated by Arts Access Darwin for the Lightbox Exhibitions Program. The installation explores the significance of gestures as forms of communication which move beyond verbal. The imagery created by this diverse group of artists is suggestive of the breadth of human feeling with autobiographical, landscape and abstraction works presented together.
The Gestures artworks tell many different stories. The artists share their explorations of deep cultural connections, longing for home and country, relationships, family, friendships, love, loss, communities, diversity, movement, and expression.
The Free Space program looks at studio practice as a process of creative perception, a means of gaining self-understanding and a space for imaginative interactions with interior and exterior worlds.
Arts Access Darwin is taking the time to commemorate the Free Space Studio, an initiative they have proudly built over 10 years. This is a story of an ongoing commitment to achieving equity for artists with disability.
City of Darwin is honoured to work with Arts Access Darwin for the Gestures series.
For more information about Arts Access Darwin and the Free Space Studio see
Meet the Artists
The artists featured in this exhibition are:
- Tara Darcy
- Warren Garrawitja
- John Milikens
- Angelique Martin
- Annie Moors
- Abigail Maralngurra
- Leigh Zarimis
- Donovan Mota
- Jim Simpson
- Manoli Lafazanis
