Biography

A leading artist in the Utopia community, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre testifies to the place occupied by women in Aboriginal desert painting, of which they are one of the elements of dynamism and one of the factors of its renewal. Where other eminent artists tend to favor a very sober palette sometimes reduced to black and white, Gloria Petyarre presents here a very colorful work which celebrates the leaves of a tree with medicinal properties. After having picked the leaves, the women grind them and obtain a milky substance that helps cure coughs, colds or headaches when applied to the temples.

Collections: • Musée du Quai Branly, Paris/ Aboriginal Art Museum, Pays-Bas/ British Museum, Londres/ Allen, Allen & Hemsley, Australie/ Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australie/ Australian National Gallery/ Baker-McKenzie/ Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Australie/ Flinders University, Australie/ Gabrielle Pizzi Collection, Melbourne/ Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australie/ Griffith University Collection, Australie/ Macquarie Bank Collection, Sydney/ Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Australie/ Museum of Victoria, Melbourne/ National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne/ National Gallery of Australia, Canberra/ Powerhouse Museum, Sydney/ Queensland Art Gallery, Australie/ Queensland University of Technology, Australie/ Riddoch Art Gallery, Australie/ Supreme Court, Brisbane/ The Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Australie/ University of New South Wales, Australie/ Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Etats-Unis/ Westpac, New York/ James D. Wolfensohn Collection, Australie/ Woollongong City Art Gallery, Australie/ Woollongong University Collection, Australie/ Macquarie Bank, Australie/ University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland/ Singapore Art Museum, Australie/ Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Australie