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Origins Of The Western Desert Aboriginal Art Movement

Australian aboriginal art is not a new thing, aboriginals have painted in caves, drawn in the sand and carved in wood for tens of thousands of years.

One of the oldest found rock art painting is a 17,300-year-old kangaroo found in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.

Papunya a small aborigina… Read More “Origins Of The Western Desert Aboriginal Art Movement”

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Australian Artist Biographies Ningura Naparrula (Australian Aboriginal 1938 - 2013) Bio

Ningura Naparrula (Australian Aboriginal 1938 – 2013) Bio

Ningura Naparrula (Australian Aboriginal 1938 – 2013)

Ningura Naparrula was born in 1938 near Kiwirrkura community in the Gibson Desert 700 km west of Alice Springs. Naparrula and her husband Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi walked to Papunya with their whole family group as part of a general migra… Read More “Ningura Naparrula (Australian Aboriginal 1938 – 2013) Bio”

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Arnulf Ebatarinja (Australian Aboriginal 1931-) Bio Australian Artist Biographies

Arnulf Ebatarinja (Australian Aboriginal 1931-)

Arnulf Ebatarinja (Australian Aboriginal 1931-) Bio

Arnulf was a Western Arrernte man born in 1931, he was a nephew of Cordula & Walter Ebatarinja, and is a member of the Hermannsburg school of Aboriginal watercolour artists, his style evolved over time, progressively paying attention to patterni… Read More “Arnulf Ebatarinja (Australian Aboriginal 1931-)”