IGO /
CLIENT: IGO
SECTOR: Commercial
LOCATION: Boorloo (Perth) WA
TIMEFRAME: 2021-2022
OPPORTUNITIES: Sculptures, Paintings
ARTISTS: April Pine, Bugai Whyoulter, Ningura Napurrula (dec.)
IGO Ltd engaged Artify to prepare an Art Procurement Framework guiding the acquisition of artworks for the company's head office in South Perth. The new office fitout was an opportunity to embody IGO's purpose, values and culture through a carefully curated collection, one that celebrates the communities the company works with and brings a welcoming, engaging experience to the refurbishment.
April Pine's sculptural work Geologians references the topographies of mining and exploration, and a hopeful message of people and community coming together. Comprising three volumes, each form references one of IGO's three primary resources, nickel, copper and cobalt, melding together into a single united body, a continuous landscape.
Ningura Napurrula's (dec.) Women's Story centres Wirrulnga rock hole, a sacred women's site the artist described as a "borning place."
Bugai Whyoulter's Wangkakalu celebrates Bugai's ngurra (home Country), characterised by large tuwa (sandhills) and home to an ancestral jila. In Martu culture, the term jila describes both snakes and living water springs, each of which plays a central role.
