Kaurna people who have a deep spiritual and cultural connection to the Adelaide Plains ( Tarntanya )
South Australia
Presented in partnership with the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia
7 December 2025 — 28 February 2026
Artist Giuseppe Matteo Pappalardo examines the complex intersections of cultural heritage, ecology and migration. As an Australian-Italian artist, he draws from his lived experiences, developing new works across painting, ceramics, sculpture, installation and design. Drawing on specialisations in couture fashion and horticulture, the resolution of new works moves between hyper local and global, as he explores the cyclical (re)contextualisation of Opuntia (prickly pear) and Olea europaea (olive tree) in Opuntia and Olea: Stories of Adaptation.
The Guildhouse Collections Project with the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium is supported by CreateSA.
