Click to enlargec. 1930 or c. 1943 – 2012
- Region
- Central Desert & Tanami
- Community
- Artetyerre (Harts Range)
- Language group
- Alyawarre (Alyawarr); Eastern Arrernte; Akarre
Artetyerre, 2007
synthetic polymer paint on linen
50 x 20 cm
$2,200
- Provenance
- Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists, Alice Springs, NT, Cat No. bb070886 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists
- Exhibited
- Ways of Seeing, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, August 2011 Artetyerre, NG Art Gallery, Chippendale NSW, February 2010 Visions of Utopia, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, December 2007
- Artwork story
- Billy Benn's painting celebrated the land and the artist's knowledge of it. The country he painted was very special to him as it was the country of his birthplace. Having moved away from his birth country, he painted it from memory. He kept his home close to his heart by devotedly painting every part of it: he wanted to paint every hill from his country and then he stopped, he would return home.