Tennant Creek Brio: Juparnta Ngattu Minjinypa Icocrisis

Published on the occasion of Tennant Creek Brio’s first major survey, ACCA is pleased to develop a dedicated publication celebrating the work of the artist collective living and working on Warumungu Country.

Contributors to the publication include: Jimmy Frank Jupurrula, Joseph Williams Jangarrayi, Tristen Harwood, Erica Izett, Levi McLean, Max Delany, Jessica Clark, Elyse Goldfinch and Shelley McSpedden

Fusing First Nations cultural traditions, the industrial materiality of the mining industry, and regional and global art influences, Tennant Creek Brio: Juparnta Ngattu Minjinypa Iconocrisis asserts and re-imagines the artists’ cross-cultural identities, drawing upon the haunting wounds of post-contact histories, the renewal and remaking of cultural practices, and the collaborative resilience and audaciously punk attitude of a frontier community.

Encompassing contemporary artists from Northern Central Australia and Melbourne, Tennant Creek Brio includes key members Fabian Brown Japaljarri, Lindsay Nelson Jakamarra, Rupert Betheras, Joseph Williams Jungarayi, Clifford Thompson Japaljarri, Jimmy Frank Jupurrula, Fabian Rankine Jampijinpa, Marcus Camphoo Kemarre, and collaborators including Eleanor Jawurlngali Dixon, Lévi McLean, and Gary Sullibhaine.

Format: Paperback
Publisher: ACCA
Curators & Editors: Max Delany, Jessica Clark, Elyse Goldfinch and Shelley McSpedden

Published: 2024

Pages: 135
ISBN: 978-0-6458328-6-0