Friday, February 3, 2023

At the National Gallery Singapore - #25

A visit to the National Gallery Singapore.
The Exhibition: Ever Present: The First Peoples Art of Australia (27 May - 25 Sep 2022)



photo by dsnake1



S 23 ° 12 ' 10.98", E 131 ° 54 ' 33.08"


map making -

the drawn lines
in the sand.



25/10/2022
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The artist has painted the Kalipinypa Water Dreaming site, the nine concentric circles are underground waterholes, the central interlocking lines connect storm clouds.




The artwork : Untitled (Kalipinypa)

The Artist : Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra   ( 1932 - 2020, Australia; )

Year : 1972, Papunya, Western Desert, Northern Territory

Media : Synthetic polymer powder paint and binder on composition board.

The Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art, Boorloo/Perth






© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2023

2 comments:

Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...

I love this one! (I'm crazy for all the artworks; particularly love this response.)

dsnake1 said...

Thank you, Rosemary!

I love this haiku too. The map coordinates are the approximate locations of the community of Papunya in the Northern Territories. :)