A Trip Around the Desert

A Trip Around the Desert

An Exhibition of Contemporary Indigenous Art in the Atrium Gallery


Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by EILEEN NAPALTJARRI of Papunya Tula Artists. The title is Rockhole and Soakage Water Site - Tjiturrulpa. [EN0508216] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

EILEEN NAPALTJARRI

Rockhole and Soakage Water Site - Tjiturrulpa

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PIJAJU PETER SKIPPER of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Larripuka. [pc250/99] (Acrylic on canvas)

PIJAJU PETER SKIPPER

Larripuka

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PADDY JAPANANGKA LEWIS of Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu). The title is Mina Mina Jukurrpa (Mina Mina Dreaming) - Ngalyipi. [190/08ny] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

PADDY JAPANANGKA LEWIS

Mina Mina Jukurrpa (Mina Mina Dreaming) - Ngalyipi

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by RONNIE TJAMPITJINPA of Papunya Tula Artists. The title is Muyinga. [RT0804108] (Acrylic on Canvas)

RONNIE TJAMPITJINPA (dec)

Muyinga

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Tapu. [pc531/04] (Atelier Artist Acrylic on 11oz Cotton Duck)

WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (dec)

Tapu

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PAULA PAUL of Mornington Island Artists. The title is Kamarra. [6464-L-PP-0111] (Synthetic Polymer Paint on Linen)

PAULA PAUL

Kamarra

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by JOHN LEE of Warlayirti Artists (Balgo). The title is Wilkinkarra. [431/00] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

JOHN LEE

Wilkinkarra

01 Dec 2008

A selection of pieces by some of the Australia’s most important and collectable Aboriginal painters from Ikuntji, Mangkaja, Mornington Islands, Papunya Tula, Warlayirti and Warlukurlangu.

A testimony to the diversity of work occurring today across the Northern and Western deserts of Australia.

1st December 2008 - 15th January 2009

Australian High Commission 25 Napier Road

Mon-Fri 8.30am-5pm

Free Admission (all visitors will need to present photo identification)