Indonesian Textile Treasures from National Gallery of Australia
A QUARTET FROM NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA
Textile Masterworks from Flores, Lampung, and West Papua
Art of the Ancestors welcomes four new exquisite textiles from National Gallery of Australia’s Indonesian Textiles Collection. These images will be included in our Summer 2019 gallery update.
The National Gallery of Australia holds one of the richest public collections of Indonesian textiles in the world. Now, thanks to the generous assistance of the Australia-Indonesia Institute, the extensive collection of over 1200 works is accessible to scholars, researchers and textile enthusiasts across the globe.
The National Gallery of Australia owes its careful selectivity and curation, in no small measure, to the dedicated passion of former curator Robyn Maxwell. This collection encompasses a broad geographic sweep of the archipelago and includes pieces formerly from the Holmgren Spertus, Alpert, and Abbott collections.
Art of the Ancestors invites you to explore the important books on the textile holdings of the National Gallery of Australia authored by Robyn Maxwell including Sari to Sarong: Five Hundred Years of Indian and Indonesian Textile Exchange and Textiles of Southeast Asia: Tradition, Trade, and Transformation.
