Anthony WHITE

Ghibli , 2019

The title means ‘the hot, dry wind of the Arabian desert’.  Drawing on the long tradition of landscape painting in the region, the artist here depicts a landscape at odds with itself. Rather than a landscape in the picturesque tradition, Anthony...

KONSTANTINA

Mula Magalyinyara #2 , 2023

Konstantina’s work is about representing her researches and questioning of her roots and identity. Through her paintings, she wishes to make her voice heard, and above all those of Aboriginal communities.The motifs depicted on this painting represent...

R. NARGULI

Bark painting “Fornication scene” , c.1950

This bark, characteristic of the region around Mijilang Island (Croker Island) in Western Arnhem Land, was one of the first acquisitions of Jacques Villeminot, ethnologist, lecturer, writer and film-maker. He was Honorary President of the Société des...

KONSTANTINA

Wumera Nangamay #25 , 2024

Konstantina is a contemporary Aboriginal artist of mixed heritage and descendant of the Gadigal people.In the ‘Wumera Nangamaye’ series, Konstantina represents the land, or Ngura, which is the lifeblood of the people. For her, it is the heart, soul a...

Sarah Leo NAPURRURLA

Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) - Puyurru , 2024

Originally from Yuendumu in the Central Desert, Sarah Leo Napurrurla evokes the Dream (Jukurrpa) of Water (Ngapa) linked to the sacred site of Puyurru, located to the west of her community.As this dream has a sacred value, artists like Sarah Leo only...

Abie Loy KEMARRE

Bush Leaves , 2023

Abie Loy is one of the new generation of artists living in the Utopia community, in the heart of the Australian desert. She began painting in 1994 on the advice of her grandmother, the famous Kathleen Petyarre, who guided her in her first works, insp...