Exhibitions /
‘Proposition; Ian Burn, Albert Namatjira, Tom Nicholson, Otto Pareroultja, Mervyn Rubuntja’

Mar 7 – 28, 2026 Milani Gallery

Tom Nicholson, 'Gorge Photographs, 13 September 1939', Installation View, 'Proposition,' Milani Gallery. Photography by Carl Warner 1 / 12

Proposition, 2026, Installation view, Milani Gallery. Photography by Carl Warner 2 / 12

Albert Namatjira Albert Namatjira, 'The Valley View,' Watercolour on paper , 24 x 37.5 cm, installation view, Proposition, 2026, Milani Gallery. Photography by Carl Warner 3 / 12

Ian Burn, Homage to Albert (South through the Ranges, Heavitree Gap 1952),1989, installation view, Proposition, 2026, Milani Gallery. Photography by Carl Warner 4 / 12

Proposition, 2026, Installation view, Milani Gallery. Photography by Carl Warner 5 / 12

Proposition, 2026, Installation view, Milani Gallery. Photography by Carl Warner 6 / 12

Proposition, 2026, Installation view, Milani Gallery. Photography by Carl Warner 7 / 12

Ian Burn: Collected Writings 1966–1993. Edited by Ann Stephen. Published by Power Publications, KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König. 8 / 12

Albert Namatjira. River Gum Near Bitter Springs Gorge, Watercolour on paper, 33.5 x 38.5 cm. 9 / 12

Tom Nicholson, 'Gorge Photographs, 13 September 1939', detail, 'Proposition,' Milani Gallery. Photography by Carl Warner 10 / 12

Otto Pareroultja 11 / 12

Ian Burn, Homage to Albert (South through the Ranges, Heavitree Gap 1952),1989, installation view, Proposition, 2026, Milani Gallery. Photography by Carl Warner 12 / 12

Proposition is an exhibition centred around the Hermannsberg lanscape tradition and Ian Burn and Ann Stephens' writing on Albert Namatjira. The exhibition includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, and text, including Tom Nicholson's 'Gorge Photographs, 13 September 1939' and recent landscapes by Mervyn Rubuntja.

Exhibition Artworks

Gorge Photographs, 13 September 1939 — Tom Nicholson Gorge Photographs, 13 September 1939 2017-19, Charcoal drawings on paper, Eight panels, approximately 140.0 x 108.0 cm each., Installation view

Albert Namatjira, The Valley View, Watercolour on paper

Mervyn Rubuntja, Tjoritja (West MacDonnell Ranges),NT, 2024, watercolour on paper, 53 x 73cm

Mervyn Rubuntja, Mount Sonder, 2024, watercolour on paper, 54.5 x 73cm

Mervyn Rubuntja, Near Mount Sonder, 2024, watercolour on paper, 53.5 x 73cm

Homage to Albert (South through the Ranges, Heavitree Gap 1952) — Ian Burn Homage to Albert (South through the Ranges, Heavitree Gap 1952) 1989, Letraset and watercolour on bromide paper, reproduction on transparency in synthetic polymer sheet, oil in wood frame, screws, 23 x 30 x 10 cm

Albert Namatjira. River Gum Near Bitter Springs Gorge, Watercolour on paper, 33.5 x 38.5 cm.

Otto Pareroultja