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TWO SENIOR ARTISTS LOST TO US
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-10-22 16:07:13
In recent weeks at Yuendumu in the Central Desert and at Amata in the APY Lands, marvellous artists have died. Here are their official life stories: Shorty Jangala Robertson was born around 1925 at Jila (Chilla Well), a large soakage and...» Read More
Paddy Japaljarri Stewart - 30/06/35 to 30/11/13
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-12-17 15:06:19
Sadly, we have lost one of the real pioneers of Desert Aboriginal art, Paddy Japaljarri Stewart. Once known as Cookie Stewart, he was a chef at Papunya and was involved as a relative of Clifford Possum and Tim Leura through...» Read More
PIONEERING YUENDUMU
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-07-25 13:32:40
The foundation myth is simple: Aboriginal art as we know it today – acrylic painting on canvas - emerged from Papunya in 1971/2. But now the question is being asked - was the less well-known Yuendumu community actually the progenitor...» Read More
France continues its Love of Aboriginal Art in Brisbane
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-10-26 11:42:29
The strong, historical links between France and Aboriginal art offer a rich and fertile background – from the research and writing works of French ethnologists and anthropologists to the development of important public Aboriginal art collections in France and the...» Read More
Story of aboriginal art at La Fontaine
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-15 02:54:20
TRADITIONAL aboriginal art will come to the fore in Bahrain tomorrow night at the opening of the Songlines art exhibition at the La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art, Manama. According to event organisers, aboriginal art is more of a ritual involving...» Read More
Artist Spotlight: Alma Nungarrayi Granites
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-13 19:21:38
1. Briefly describe yourself. When and how did you first become interested in art? How long have you been a practising artist? I became interested in aboriginal art since the time that she was working as assistant teacher at the Yuendumu...» Read More
PRO COMMUNITY Warlukurlangu Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-16 19:07:08
This is thelast venue of ARTKELCH´s second sequence of PRO COMMUNITY, showcasing fine art from one community based art centre per year in different locations in Germany. After the overwhelming success of last year´s exhibition with Papunya Tula Artists it is...» Read More
PRO COMMUNITY Warlukurlangu Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-16 18:47:55
This is the third venue of ARTKELCH´s second sequence of PRO COMMUNITY, showcasing fine art from one community based art centre per year in different locations in Germany. After the overwhelming success of last year´s exhibition with Papunya Tula Artists it...» Read More
PRO COMMUNITY Warlukurlangu Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-16 18:41:14
This is the second venue of ARTKELCH´s second sequence of PRO COMMUNITY, showcasing fine art from one community based art centre per year in different locations in Germany. After the overwhelming success of last year´s exhibition with Papunya Tula Artists it...» Read More
PRO COMMUNITY Warlukurlangu Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-16 18:30:39
This is the beginning of ARTKELCH´s second sequence of PRO COMMUNITY, showcasing fine art from one community based art centre per year in different locations in Germany. After the overwhelming success of last year´s exhibition with Papunya Tula Artists it is...» Read More
"CIRCLES IN THE SAND" AT THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY, WASHINGTON DC
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-05 22:35:25
Last weekend I was in Washington DC for the annual conference of the American Library Association. The city was crowded, the weather sub-tropical, but I managed to escape for a while to the deserts of Centralia by visiting the Australian...» Read More
The Owen and Wagner Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-24 20:53:49
For Immediate Release June 2010 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Announces the Owen and Wagner Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College is pleased to announce an important private gift of contemporary Aboriginal art. Will Owen...» Read More
‘Jukurrpa – Our Story’ – Warlukurlangu Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-11 17:11:00
Tandanya is excited to present ‘Jukurrpa – Our Story’, an exhibition from the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation. Warlukurlangu Artists was established in 1985, and is recognised as one of the most significant Aboriginal art centres in Australia. Specialising in the...» Read More
CODE OF CONDUCT NOW IN FORCE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-03-11 14:47:49
Registration is now open for art dealers, agents, galleries and arts centres to register their interest in becoming signatories to the Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct. Arts Minister, Peter Garrett, congratulated the Code Administration Committee on their efforts to...» Read More
High Profile Aboriginal Artists to Exhibit at Ayers Rock Resort
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-14 15:22:41
The artists Bessie Nakamarra Sims and her daughters, Wendy Nungarrayai Brown and Alma Nungarrayai Granites will be painting and exhibiting their art among other artists work from Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation of Yuendumu, a not-for-profit organisation of more than 600...» Read More
Life and art in the sky, Part 2: “Ilgarijiri – Things Belonging to the Sky”
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-06 07:03:01
Further to my previous post on Alma Nungarrayi Granite’s paintings from Warlukurlangu Artists at my home town of Yuendumu I found a fascinating set of links between Aboriginal art, the sky and the objects we find there and modern science. In...» Read More
Life and art in the sky, Part 1 – the Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa of Alma Nungarrayi Granites
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-05 07:03:05
This small image gives but a very limited impression of the power and majesty of the original of Alma Nungarrayi Granites’ painting of her Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa (Seven Sisters dreaming). It is one of a series of large paintings by the Warlpiri...» Read More
PR and Politics at the 2009 Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-25 15:41:28
PR and POLITICS at the 2009 TELSTRA ART AWARDS. THE POWER of PR The fanfare is over and the red carpet has been rolled away for another year. The winners of the 2009 Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards are...» Read More
Warlukurlangu Survey Show 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-17 07:21:10
The beautiful and colourful works of the Warlukurlangu Artists' Aboriginal Association, hailing from Darwin, Australia, will be in town between 26 August to 3 October. International. Dubbed the Warlukurlangu Survey Show 2009, the exhibition pays homage to the aboriginal art...» Read More
Cash for Desart, other centres
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-10 02:35:24
Central Australian Aboriginal art centres are the big winners from the federal government's latest arts funding package, which divides $9.3 million between 86 organisations. The biggest recipient is Desart, the umbrella body for central Australian Aboriginal art centres, with $1,489,300 over...» Read More
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-09 00:31:33
13 AUG 2009 - 15 AUG 2009 Free entry The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair will provide a unique artistic experience for all lovers of indigenous art and culture. Representing over 30 community arts centres from across Australia, including Arnhem Land, the...» Read More
Australia’s aboriginal art enthralls all
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-14 07:20:32
Australian art seems to be the flavour of this week. Everywhere we can see reviews of ‘Desert Dreamings’ – an exhibition of works by 43 ethnic artists, from Yuendumu, a remote part of Central Australia. Unfortunately, the exhibition mounted at...» Read More
Aboriginal Australian art in India
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-13 02:42:13
The Warlukurlangu Artists, a non-profit cooperative of aboriginal painters from Australia, documents a legacy that has been handed down hundreds of generations among the ethnic groups inhabiting the rugged outback. They showcase the traditional Warlpiri culture, which is central to the...» Read More
Aboriginal Australian art in India
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-13 02:42:13
The Warlukurlangu Artists, a non-profit cooperative of aboriginal painters from Australia, documents a legacy that has been handed down hundreds of generations among the ethnic groups inhabiting the rugged outback. They showcase the traditional Warlpiri culture, which is central to the...» Read More
Aboriginal artists break into Indian market
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-09 03:12:15
An excerpt from AM: TONY EASTLEY: While the global economic slowdown has taken the heat out of art sales right around the world, two Central Australian Aboriginal artists are in New Delhi this week hoping to to break into India's lucrative...» Read More
India offers Aboriginal artists opportunity
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-07 03:09:06
Yankirri Jukurrpa (Emu Dreaming): Ormay Gallagher is one artist hoping to capture the imaginations of Indian art lovers. (Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation : Ormay Nangala Gallagher ) From the Tanami Road to Chandi Chowk, two central Australian Aboriginal artists are on...» Read More
Delhi's India Habitat Centre plays host to Australian aboriginal art exhibits
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-07 03:08:35
New Delhi, Apr.6 (ANI): Warlukurlangu Artists, Australia, in partnership with art curator, Durga Vishwanathan, are showcasing contemporary Australian art in New Delhi. Titled 'Desert Dreamings', the paintings from the Central Desert of Australia is the first exhibition of contemporary art of...» Read More
Artitja Fine Art presents Cultural Connections: Desert Stories, Perth Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-07 01:19:15
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS: Desert Stories Featuring recognised and second generation artists from Utopia and Ikuntji, Warlukurlangu and Papunya Tula Art Centres, including weaves from Nyoongah bush sculptor Janine McAullay Bott. View Artitja Fine Art presents Cultural Connections: Desert Stories, Perth Australia...» Read More
NEW ABORIGINAL ART GUIDE AS VAST AS THE CONTINENT IT COVERS
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-17 16:56:05
McCulloch’s New Edition to be Launched in Red Centre 6pm next Saturday, September 27 at The Lane, 58 Todd Mall, Alice Springs MELBOURNE, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008— The eagerly awaited new edition of McCulloch’s Contemporary Aboriginal Art: the complete guide will be launched...» Read More
Darby Jampijinpa Ross
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-27 06:59:28
Exciting news from Brisbane where an all-too-rare retrospective of the life's work of an Aboriginal artist has just opened at the Dell Gallery, Queensland College of Art. Darby Jampijinpa Ross died in 2005 almost immediately after receiving his telegram from the...» Read More
DARBY JAMPIJINPA ROSS - Make it good for the people
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-20 20:00:35
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University invite you and your friends to DELL Gallery @ QCA for the launch of a special collaborative project: DARBY JAMPIJINPA ROSS Make it good for the people OPENING 6-8PM Friday 22nd August 2008 SPECIAL GUESTS: Otto Sims, Chair of...» Read More
Warlukurlangu Arts and Veronica Collins -Dusky Dawn
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-05 06:11:26
Paintings from Warlukurlangu Artists of Yuendumu, NT. Second solo show by Wiradjuri artist Veronica Collins opens this...» Read More
Writing on the wall for Telstra's indigenous art awards after boycotts
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-01 06:05:07
Ashleigh Wilson from the Australian talks to Cecilia Alfonso from Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association about the boycott of the 2008 Telstra awards. Speaking from Melbourne ahead of the opening last night of an exhibition by Yuendumu artist Judy Napangardi Watson,...» Read More
Middle earth
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-18 07:03:09
Steve Dow talks about gay friendly Alice Springs and the opportunity to buy art at the Warlukurlangu Artists Centre at...» Read More
Chance to see Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-07 02:23:39
Authentic contemporary Australian Aboriginal artwork will be unveiled at 7pm tonight during the opening of the Warlukurlangu Artists exhibition at La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art, Manama. The exhibition will showcase the work of Otto Simms and Ormay Gallagher, who work...» Read More
Warlukurlangu Artists - Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-04 09:21:27
Australian Aboriginal art is the oldest living art tradition in the world, done by Australian Aborigines, with paintings in rock shelters dating back 20,000 years as well as contemporary art by Aborigines based on traditional culture. Art is one of...» Read More
Curtain rises on Spring of Culture
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-04 06:35:58
Quoted from article: A month-long aboriginal art exhibition entitled Warlukurlangu takes place at the La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art starting at 7pm on...» Read More
Artists of Nyirripi and Yuendumu
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-15 00:00:00
The first exhibition in Western Australia of the exuberant new paintings from the Warlpiri community of Nyirripi, 160 kms west of Yuendumu. Amongst the newly exhibiting artists, significant works are presented by senior artists Mickey Singleton, Margaret Brown and Paddy...» Read More
Warlpiri Artists of Yuendumu
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-11-24 00:00:00
Japingka Gallery in association with Warlukurlangu Artists presents paintings from Yuendumu community. Yuendumu is placed on traditional Warlpiri lands 300 kms NW of Alice Springs on the Tanami Track. Warlpiri Dreaming stories appearing in the exhibition include- Water Dreaming, Mina...» Read More
Warlukurlangu Artists of Yuendumu
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-11-25 00:00:00
In conjunction with the Warlukurlangu Art Centre, a major exhibition of new paintings by artists from Yuendumu is being hosted at Japingka Gallery in Fremantle. The exhibition is a celebration of the 20 year anniversary of the foundation of Yuendumu\'s...» Read More
