Past exhibition
PAPUNYA 1971
12.06.2022 → 06.11.2022Acrylic paintings on board or canvas from Central Australia more than any other art best evoke Aboriginal art since the 1970s. This painting movement originates in the government settlement of Papunya, located 250 km north-east from Alice Springs.
In 1971, with the support of an art teacher, Geoffrey Bardon (1940-2003), several initiated men execute a mural, Honey Ant Dreaming, on the wall of the small school of Papunya, using acrylic paint. This leads to a minor cultural revolution. A group of about thirty men start to paint on everything they can find, from hardboard to floor tiles. Stories represented relate to the creation of the country and the transmission of the Law to the people.
Past exhibitions
HIGH FIVE!
Main exhibition 17.12.2023 → 14.04.2024![](https://www.fondationopale.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/BP1256-PAN-96-001-ENTIER-HD-VGD_DSF5572-2-scaled.webp)
ABSUM
Special Focus 17.12.2023 → 14.04.2024![](https://www.fondationopale.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/23.11.30_VP_35FabriceGygi_Podium.png)
INTERSTELLAR
Main exhibition 18.06.2023 → 12.11.2023![Interstellaire](https://www.fondationopale.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/23-04-14-VP-Visuel-Affiche-Interstellaire-site.webp)
OBJECT OF INTEREST 700 E
Special Focus 18.06.2023 → 12.11.2023![Object of interest 700 E](https://www.fondationopale.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/KuennenJoel_EPFL_Febb2023_00025-HD_SITEWEB.webp)
DREAMING IN THE DREAM OF OTHERS
Main exhibition 10.12.2022 → 16.04.2023![Rêver dans le rêve des autres](https://www.fondationopale.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SallesExposition_RDLRDA_c_YorickChassigneux_4.webp)
NAMSA LEUBA
Special Focus 12.06.2022 → 06.11.2022![Namsa Leuba](https://www.fondationopale.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/22-07-27-VP-VisuelSite-NamsaLeuba.webp)
PAPUNYA 1971
Special Focus 12.06.2022 → 06.11.2022![Papunya 1971](https://www.fondationopale.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/22-05-16-GC-KAAPA-DEVANT-LA-PEINTURE-MURALE-DU-REVE-FOURMI-A-MIEL-PHOTO-MARY-WHITE.webp)
FUGITIVE PRESENT
Main exhibition 12.06.2022 → 06.11.2022![Présent fugitif](https://www.fondationopale.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/22-03-23-VP-Visuel-Comm-PF.webp)
BREATH OF LIFE
Main exhibition 13.06.2021 → 17.04.2022![Breath of Life](https://www.fondationopale.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/fondation-opale-breath-of-life.webp)