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I hope you enjoy the visual and emotional impact of these examples of Australian art and ceramics as much as I do. Whilst many are under copyright I have attributed the source wherever possible (and I remember).

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

MPRG "Desert Country" exhibition

Tommy Watson

Simon Hogan

Tjungkara Ken


Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri

Kathleen petyarre
Just some images from the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery latest aboriginal art exhibition. Wonderful, Colourful abstract images by some of my favorite artists..

I really like this small quiet gallery, about 10 minutes south of Frankston..

Here is their description of the exhibition;


17 August – 2 October 2011               
Desert Country
An Art Gallery of South Australia travelling exhibition
Drawn from the extensive holdings of Aboriginal art from the Art Gallery of South Australia’s pioneering collection, Desert Country is the first exhibition to chart the forty year evolution of the internationally acclaimed Australian desert painting movement and reveal the unstoppable reaches of this remarkable art phenomenon.
Beginning in 1971 with rare examples of the first experimental paintings by its ground-breaking masters, Desert Country highlights the cultural fluidity between the principal Aboriginal art producing regions of the desert in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. Featured artists include Albert Namatjira, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Daisy Leura Nakamarra, Rover Thomas, and Utopia artists Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Kathleen Petyarre.