As mentioned earlier in this blog, upon arrival here, I did not know very much about Aboriginal painting even though I appreciated it from day one. Visiting galleries, talking to people, reading books I am now starting to have a much better idea and comprehension of all the different movements and schools as we would call them in Europe. There are so many different styles from the Arnhem bark paintings depicting the local wildlife to the Central desert dot painting through the Western Desert amazing ochres. Visiting galleries inspire me so much but kind of make me feel dizzy because of this explosion of colours and creativity Aboriginal Artists seem to be gifted with. The most famous movement was initiated in the 70s in Kintore / Papunya station over 200 km from Alice Springs and a wonderful book which details the lives of all the contributors to the Papunya Tula movement was issued last November. Essential!
In the picture my favourite living Artist, Walangkura Napanangka.
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