The Exhibition : Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia (27 May - 25 Sep 2022)
a helicopter orbits warily over the LZ
The fly lands on the plate, perhaps to rest its wings, perhaps to lay eggs.
Dec. 2022
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The artwork : Love Story
The Artist : Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri ( Australia 1932 - 2002 )
Year : 1972 Papunya, Western Desert, Northern Territory
Media : Synthetic polymer paint on composition board
National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2023
2 comments:
I can see how, coming with 'outside' eyes, you could find such images here. Although I can't see this with Indigenous eyes, I have great reverence for Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarra's work — he has been so famous here for so long — so I automatically look deeper and didn't even notice that instant impression you had until I read the words; I was taking in more of the fine details.
These artworks were on an exhibition at our National Gallery Singapore last year. Yes, I can't see this with indigenous eyes, but i try to understand why such colours were used over others, and i liked the natural pigments they used. Sure, it was different from say, Chinese ink paintings, western oils, but true art nonetheless.
I have not heard of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarra before this, but now i have. :)
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