Mason Aboriginal Art Gallery

Mason Aboriginal Art Gallery

Mason Aboriginal Art Gallery Information:
Website: http://www.masongallery.com
Contact: Debra Mason
Email: info@masongallery.com
Phone: +61 8 89819622
Address: 7/21 Cavenagh St Darwin 0801 NT
Postal address: PO Box 4315 Darwin 0801 NT

Membership / Affiliations: Art.Trade

In September of 1982, the owners of the gallery, Reg Mason and Family, went into Arnhemland for the purpose of work. It was not long after this that the local aboriginal population of the Oenpelli area, approached him to buy their paintings . He did this for some time, but as time went, the quantity of work coming in became so great that he found it necessary to market some of the work. Over the next few years, he became the largest dealer of work from the Western Arnhemland area. In the end, he and his family lived in Arnhemland for 20 years. His children grew up with the local community and the family were widely reconised as being culturally acceptable by the local clans.

Major galleries around the country were supplied with work and many of the works that now hang in the Museums and Public Art Galleries around Australia and the rest of the world had their origins with Arnhemland Art.

Arnhemland Art was in operation before many of the community based art Centres that exist now.

In 1997, the Arnhemland Art Gallery was opened in Darwin by Vicki our daughter, for providing a retail outlet for the work coming out of Arnhemland. This gallery was relatively successful but as time went, it was found that many people wanted to purchase works from the Central Regions of Australia. It was decided that in future this would be the type of work that was to be sourced and provided for sale. The name of the gallery was changed to Mason Gallery to reflect this change.

The Mason Gallery now displays works by many of the major artists from the Western Desert areas and it is the ambition of the gallery, to become a provider of quality works from the area. I believe that the Mason Gallery has achieved this. Unfortunately Reg Mason passed away December 2006. His Wife Debra and son Tony, with the assistance of Vicki are now intending to keep up the reputation of high quality Aboriginal Art work. His ambition has slowly taking shape.