Desert Country
Ngayuku ngura - My country 2009, Amata, South Australia
Synthetic polymer painton linen
152 x 122 cm
dAuvergne Boxall Bequest Fund 2009, Art Gallery ofSouth Australia, Adelaide
Wawiriya Burton, Courtesy of Tjala Arts
4 August – 21 October 2012
An Art Gallery of South Australia touring exhibition
Drawn from the Art Gallery of South Australia’s extensive holdings of Aboriginal art, Desert Country presents an historical survey of the internationally acclaimed desert painting movement, with works from the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. Beginning in 1971 with rare examples of the first experimental paintings by its pioneering masters, Desert Country culminates with powerful paintings from Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of far northwest South Australia.
Curator: Nici Cumpston, Art Gallery of South Australia
Public Program
Seminar: Intercultural curatorship and community engagement
Saturday 4 August 10.00am – 2.00pm
Presentations by Nici Cumpston (AGSA), Imelda Miller (Queensland Museum) and Mark O’Neill (Glasgow Life, UK), followed by curator tour of the exhibition.
