Artist: Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri | Title: Rockholes near the Olgas | Year: 2008 | Medium: acrylic on canvas board | Dimensions: 25.4 x 38.1 cm
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Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu Cat No. 10-08006
Artist Profile:
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Mount Liebig, NT
LANGUAGE
Pitjantjatjara
BIOGRAPHY
Pitjantjatjara people joined the Western Desert art movement during the 1990s, somewhat later than other tribes. They resisted the move to painting their sacred Dreaming Stories on canvas, for public display and sale. Perhaps this partly explains why Bill Whiskey developed his own interpretation of the ancient iconography, though keeping within the conventions of the contemporary ‘dot-painting’ style… Continue Reading
PROVENANCE
Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu Cat No. 10-08006
Artist Profile:
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Mount Liebig, NT
LANGUAGE
Pitjantjatjara
BIOGRAPHY
Pitjantjatjara people joined the Western Desert art movement during the 1990s, somewhat later than other tribes. They resisted the move to painting their sacred Dreaming Stories on canvas, for public display and sale. Perhaps this partly explains why Bill Whiskey developed his own interpretation of the ancient iconography, though keeping within the conventions of the contemporary ‘dot-painting’ style… Continue Reading
PROVENANCE
Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu Cat No. 10-08006
Artist Profile:
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Mount Liebig, NT
LANGUAGE
Pitjantjatjara
BIOGRAPHY
Pitjantjatjara people joined the Western Desert art movement during the 1990s, somewhat later than other tribes. They resisted the move to painting their sacred Dreaming Stories on canvas, for public display and sale. Perhaps this partly explains why Bill Whiskey developed his own interpretation of the ancient iconography, though keeping within the conventions of the contemporary ‘dot-painting’ style… Continue Reading