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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
Warlayirti: The Art of Balgo
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-09-09 21:33:20
After a period in which social unrest and an emphasis on film dominated the cultural scene, the revitalisation of Balgo painting continues apace. Two different projects are under way which will see a major contextual exhibition open in Melbourne next...» Read More
THE DEALER IS THE DEVIL
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-02-13 08:19:23
Adrian Newstead is probably uniquely qualified to write a history of that contentious business, the market for Australian Aboriginal art. He may once have planned to be an agricultural scientist, but then he mutated into a craft shop owner, Aboriginal...» 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
“Founding Documents of Aboriginal Art” Go On Show
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-03-08 10:50:50
“I hate to hide things away. Western thinking is that a museum collection is for the public benefit, and it's anathema to deny them access. But there are different rules up here”. Pierre Arpin, a French Canadian by birth, is the...» Read More
ART MARKET CHEER
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2012-06-20 17:56:40
As has been reported elsewhere on Aboriginal Art News, the May/June spate of auctions for Aboriginal art hit a highpoint as Mossgreen to watch auctioneer Paul Sumner sell every one of the 66 desert paintings from the estate of American...» Read More
BLACKFELLA FILMS
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2012-06-15 12:59:46
A welcome change at the Sydney Film Festival was a special program of Indigenous films – Australian and international. This appears to be a move out of the Opera House by Rachel Perkins's Blackfella Films, where their Message Sticks film...» Read More
Lives hidden in the life's work
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-05-21 09:30:36
THE looped chains of brilliant colour, the radiating line-work, the grids and vortex patterns -- they speak of a personality, and a strong one. At last, six years after her death, the dazzling Warlpiri artist Lorna Fencer Napurrurla is the...» Read More
Art centres and communities (transcript)
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-02-13 16:19:53
Transcript of a radio interview 13 - 19 February 2012 (Newslines Radio) PRESENTER: Hi, I’m Nathan Ramsay and you’re listening to Newslines Radio, a weekly program produced by the Australian Government on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues. Today we’re taking a...» Read More
EMILY AT MOMA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-01-07 11:57:49
It is, of course, a joy to discover that a big international contemporary art show at an institution as prestigious as the Museum of Modern Art in New York has quite casually included Our Emily alongside Miro, Mondrian, Calder, Schwitters,...» 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
‘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
JOHNNY WARANGKULA'S LATE WORKS IN SYDNEY
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-05-07 14:37:14
Johnnny Warangkula Tjupurulla (1918 - 2001) was one of the outstanding artists in the Aboriginal art movement. Warangkula was born around 1925 at Mintjilpirri, south of Lake Mackay. Close by is his major dreaming site Tjilkari. His mother was of...» 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
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
Aboriginal Art Exhibit Opens at the Fowler
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-10 06:22:56
In 1971 in the tiny settlement of Papunya, a group of Australian Aboriginal men began transferring their sacred ceremonial designs onto pieces of masonite board. Since this crucial transformative period, Australian Aboriginal art has become an international phenomenon, widely exhibited...» Read More
Central Australian Film Samson and Delilah screens at the Cannes Film Festival
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-07 16:36:37
Samson and Delilah, written and directed by Warwick Thornton and shot in central Australia screens at the Cannes Film Festival next week. As quoted from the director: 'Samson & Delilah is a love story, but perhaps not in the traditional sense....» Read More
ABORIGINAL ART AT CANNES!
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-05-01 20:11:33
The Cannes Film Festival will host the world-wide launch of the Aussie film, Samson & Delilah – featuring the great Warlpiri artist, Mitjili Napanangka Gibson, in her second film role. Not only the artist, but her art features seriously in...» 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
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
Master's desert way of seeing
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-14 20:05:10
Nicolas Rothwell for The Australian reports: JUST as the passing of desert artist Darby Jampijinpa Ross in 2005 possessed a certain elegance, the day after he received a congratulatory telegram from the Queen for his 100th birthday, so the first retrospective...» Read More
Ngoia Pollard NAPALTJARRI
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-02 02:24:49
Artist of the Month Septembre 2008 Ngoia Pollard NAPALTJARRI est une femme Warlpiri, née à Haasts Bluff aux environs de 1950. Elle s’est installé dans les années soixante à Papunya, là où est né le mouvement de l’art aborigène contemporain, puis...» 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
Michael Nelson Jagamara exhibition shows totemic focus
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-19 14:01:44
The Courier Mail continues their focus on Aboriginal art with an article about Micharl Nelson Jagamara: The work of senior Warlpiri tribesman and artist Michael Nelson Jagamara divides art lovers. There are those who adore his bold, modern take on an...» Read More
MICHAEL NELSON JAGAMARA: FROM THE STUDIO major survey to open at fireworks gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-30 07:17:47
FROM THE STUDIO, a comprehensive survey exhibition of MNJ’s Brisbane studio based 1996-2008 practice will open on Tuesday 12 August and will continue to Saturday 27 September. Doug Hall, in the exhibition catalogue Foreword states: “Michael Nelson Jagamara’s most traditional paintings...» Read More
Yilpinji Portfolio Edition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-25 08:11:08
This is the first time in the history of Australian printmaking that a portfolio of limited edition prints has become available that focus on a unique aspect of Aboriginal culture. Fifteen senior Aboriginal artists have each created a thematic work on...» 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
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
Maureen Nampijinpa Hudson
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-19 00:00:00
Warlpiri artist Maureen Hudson, was born in 1959 at Mt Allen, about 300 kms north west of Alice Springs. She began painting in 1988 and her work has been widely exhibited since then. Maureen draws on traditional Warlpiri Dreaming stories...» Read More
Lorna Napurrula Fencer (1923-2006)
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-05-04 00:00:00
Acknowledged as one of the great innovators of the Warlpiri art movement from Lajamanu, Napurrula was also both a fierce and gentle custodian of her culture. She painted the great Napurrula - Nakamarra creation stories from her birth place Yumurrpa....» 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
Judy Martin Napangardi - Paintings from Lajamanu
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-09-01 00:00:00
Judy Martin continues to create strong paintings from the Women\'s Ceremonial stories of her Warlpiri homelands. She focuses on stories from the Women\'s site at Mina Mina in the Tanami Desert, where Warlpiri women come together to re-enact the Dreaming...» 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
Yilpinji - Love Magic and Ceremony
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2004-03-05 00:00:00
A nationally touring exhibition of fine art prints by senior Aboriginal artists from Balgo Hills, Yuendumu and Lajamanu, that explores the powerful traditions of love magic rituals amongst the Kukatja and Warlpiri peoples of the Tanami Desert region.These love magic...» Read More
Building partners with Aboriginal artists and communities
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2003-12-19 03:23:38
Building partners with Aboriginal artists and communities U.Va. has largest Aboriginal art collection in world, outside of Australia Jane Ford When the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection opened here in January 1999, its off-Grounds location on Pantops Mountain was so remote that it may...» Read More
Lorna Napurrula Fencer - Paintings 2003
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2003-12-05 00:00:00
At around 79 years of age, senior Warlpiri artist, Lorna Napurrula Fencer, is producing some of the best and most exciting work of her career. Represented in the National Gallery, State Galleries and major private collections, Lorna\'s work has always...» Read More
Lorna Napurrula Fencer
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2002-12-02 13:38:06
At around 79 years of age, senior Warlpiri artist, Lorna Napurrula Fencer, is producing some of the best and most exciting work of her career. Represented in the National Gallery, State Galleries and major private collections, Lorna's work has always...» Read More
Warlpiri Women's Paintings Lajamanu
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2000-09-08 05:09:55
In 1986 a small group of women produced the first paintings for Warnayaka Art Centre, Lajamanu NT. These paintings have become important documents of Warlpiri culture held in the National Gallery of Victoria, collected at the instigation of the curator...» Read More
