http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/ en Copyright 2013 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:00:56 +0930 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming Sandy is concerned with Caterpillar Dreaming. His painting depicts an aerial view of his country as created by the Caterpillar Ancestor. Sandy maintains the classical men’s tradition of meticulously laid out geometric lines and circles representing the tracks and marks of the Ancestral journeys. His distinctive work consists of hundreds of thousands of carefully executed minute dots in a broad harmony of colour. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/caterpillar_aylperlayt_dreaming_6/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/caterpillar_aylperlayt_dreaming_6/ Sandy Pitjara Hunter Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming Central Desert Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art investment large Men’s Business Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:00:56 +0930 Western Arrernte artist Janelle Napaltjarri Stockman (deceased), was born in 1976 and began painting in 2001. She was an extraordinary artist and tragically her career was cut short when she died in a car accident in November, 2009. Janelle’s grandfather Billy Stockman, was famed for being one of the original members of the Papunya Tula artists. Janelle Napaltjarri Stockman was a contemporary abstract artist who drew her inspiration from the landscape, flora, fauna, and stories from her grandfather. Her primary subjects were her country, sand dunes and women’s business. Her earliest works featured bold lineage, dot work and traditional concentric circles. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/janelle_napaltjarri_stockman/sand_dunes_7/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/janelle_napaltjarri_stockman/sand_dunes_7/ Janelle Napaltjarri Stockman Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art featured Janelle Napaltjarri Stockman Napaltjarri Sand Dunes Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:42:39 +0930 Janelle Napaltjarri depicted the transformation of her country from desert to a carpet of wild flowers after the summer rains. She overlaid the canvas with threads of white and then applied squares of reds, yellows, oranges and burnt sienna in linear patterns to resemble topiary. She observed the desert wildflowers as an art form - a type of living sculpture. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/janelle_napaltjarri_stockman/wildflowers_5/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/janelle_napaltjarri_stockman/wildflowers_5/ Janelle Napaltjarri Stockman Bush Women Dreaming Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Janelle Napaltjarri Stockman Napaltjarri Papunya Wild Flowers Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:11:17 +0930 Walala was born in the early 1960’s in the Gibson Desert and as one of nine lived a nomadic life (including his brothers Warlimpirrnga and Thomas). They made history in October 1984 when they had first contact with ‘the outside world and Europeans’ for the first time. Walala paints the Tingari Cycle, which is a series of sacred and secret songlines. These Tingari are associated with his Dreaming sites at Marua, Mintarnpi, Wanapatangu, Minna Minna, Naami, Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay) and Yarrawangu, which are all in the Gibson Desert, Western Australia. These were some of the places where the Tingari Ancestors stopped for ceremonies during their travels across the country. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/walala_tjapaltjarri/tingari_cycle_5/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/walala_tjapaltjarri/tingari_cycle_5/ Walala Tjapaltjarri featured Tingari Cycle Walala Tjapaltjarri Western Desert Western Desert Art Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:05:52 +0930 Conley Ebatarinja's watercolours are characterised by soft hues and depcitions of Western Arrernte landscape. A backdrop of the Ranges in beautiful shades of purples, pinks and blues contrast with the foreground of desert. This work was painted in early summer - before the rains. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/conley_ebatarinja/west_macdonnell_ranges_1/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/conley_ebatarinja/west_macdonnell_ranges_1/ Conley Ebatarinja Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Ebatarinja lanscape artist recent watercolour Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:32:42 +0930 Evocative watercolour by landscape artist Conley Ebatarinja originally from Hermannsburg. The Hermannsburg painters' work is characterised by soft hues, usually water colours, of their Western Arrernte landscape, which European settlers named the Western Macdonnell Ranges. Previously, Western Arrernte people had only used art in a ceremonial sense, as topographical interpretations of their country and their particular Dreamings, painted using symbols. The Ghost Gum features prominently in the works, a sacred and important part of Western Arrernte mythology. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/conley_ebatarinja/macdonnell_ranges_central_australia_1/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/conley_ebatarinja/macdonnell_ranges_central_australia_1/ Conley Ebatarinja Conley Ebatarinja Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Ebatarinja featured watercolour Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:35:41 +0930 http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/carmen_pitjara_jones/bush_onion_dreaming_1/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/carmen_pitjara_jones/bush_onion_dreaming_1/ Carmen Pitjara Jones Bush onions Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Joy Kngwarreye Jones small Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:41:50 +0930 Annie Pitjara Hunter loves to sculpt quirky animals and ceremonial women from the wood of the native bean tree. She chops a large chunk of the trunk and then shapes it with chisels and a small axe. Afterwards she paints it in interesting colurs with polymer acrylic paint. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/annie_pitjara_hunter/spotted_dog_1/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/annie_pitjara_hunter/spotted_dog_1/ Annie Pitjara Hunter Annie Pitjara Hunter Body Paint Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art featured Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:07:29 +0930 Jessie Pitjara Hunter was born in 1957 at MacDonald Downs and is the sister of renowned artists Sandy, Annie and Susan Pitjara Hunter. Her work has been collected by many significant public and private galleries and institutions. Jessie’s Dreaming is Awely (Body Paint). In her paintings, she symbolizes all that is associated with Awely - the decorated torsos of the women, the women's ceremonial sites or dreaming places where women are gathered and the other representations of the ceremony – digging and music sticks, coolamons and feather adornments. Her paintings depict different body designs which are painted on the women’s breasts, arms and shoulders. She paints these designs from an aerial perspective. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/jessie_pitjara_hunter/awely_body_paint_42/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/jessie_pitjara_hunter/awely_body_paint_42/ Jessie Pitjara Hunter Annie Pitjara Hunter Awely-Body Paint Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Emerging Artist small Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:35:36 +0930

2009/10: East-West-Brush with Art, Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia

2009: Aboriginal art in Korea, Gong Pyeong Art Space, Seoul, Korea

2010: The Utopia Story, Australasian Arts Projects, Singapore

2010: Western and Eastern Desert Art, Blaxlands Inn, Hunter Valley, NSW

2010: Aboriginal Artists UK Spring Show 11-13 June, London

2011: Utopian Aboriginal Art, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne

]]> http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/natalie_pula_holmes/untitled/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/natalie_pula_holmes/untitled/ Natalie Pula Holmes Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Emerging Artist featured gutta instrument Jill Kelly My Place Petrick wooden artifacts Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:01:25 +0930 Thomas had a traditional nomadic childhood with eight others of his extended family (including his brothers Warlimpirrnga and Walala). In October 1984 they made international news when they had first contact with ‘the outside world and Europeans” by moving to Kiwirrkura. Thomas paints the Tingari Cycle and Men’s Business. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/thomas_tjapaltjarri/post_2/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/thomas_tjapaltjarri/post_2/ Thomas Tjapaltjarri Bush Men recent Tingari Arts Tingari Cycle Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri Western Desert Western Desert Art Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:35:05 +0930 Lisa is from a family of renowned artists including her mother, Dolly Petyarre Mills, and her auntie, Gloria Petyarre Mills. As a relatively new, emerging artist she has taken on one dreaming passed down by her family. The Bush Potato is a tasty, fibrous tuber that grows in the Alhalker region of Utopia and is of great significance to the Anmatyerr and Alyawarr women of the Eastern Desert region. Lisa depicts the Bush Potato as its roots spreading across the country much the same as her brush strokes spread across the canvas. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/lisa_pula_mills/bush_potato_dreaming_3/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/lisa_pula_mills/bush_potato_dreaming_3/ Lisa Pula Mills Arlparra Country Bush Potato Central Desert Dolly Petyarre Mills Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Lisa Pula Mills recent Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:20:04 +0930 Janice Kngwarreye Morton comes from a large artistic family and is an exceptional sculptor of wooden artefacts. She lives on Utopia with her husband and sculptor Wally Pwerle Clarke. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/janice_kngwarreye_morton/white_bird/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/janice_kngwarreye_morton/white_bird/ Janice Kngwarreye Morton carved wooden bird Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art recent Wally Pwerle Clark wooden artifacts Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:55:55 +0930 Janelle's paintings have always been noted as very contemporary in style and colour. Her earliest works featured bold lineage, dot work and traditional concentric circles. She draws inspiration from a number of places; the landscape, a story from her past and her dream to be a famed artist like her grandfather; such that her works do not tell a story of her ancient dreamtime but simply any expression of herself. Janelle has always said that she paints from within, like any artist, using freedom of expression. She loves mixing beautiful colours, whether they are bright or pastel, or making a bold statement with black and white. She says that the colours of the bush and her environment are all of these. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/janelle_napaltjarri_stockman/women_dancing_1/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/janelle_napaltjarri_stockman/women_dancing_1/ Janelle Napaltjarri Stockman Easten Desert Art Eastern Desert featured investment Janelle Napaltjarri Stockman Women Dancing Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:27:05 +0930 Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business. Awely describes everything associated with women’s ceremonies or rituals including the painted designs adorning the women’s bodies. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/joy_kngwarreye_jones/awely_1/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/joy_kngwarreye_jones/awely_1/ Joy Kngwarreye Jones Awely Bush Tucker Seeds coolamon Dolly Petyarre Mills Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art featured investment Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:12:09 +0930