Papunya Tula: Art of the Western Desert

AUSTRALIAN ART Aborginal –

Outlines desert cosmology and the desert habitat; lists five groups at Papunya as Aranda, Anmatjira Aranda, Wailpri, Loritja and Pintupi; paintings part of dreaming ceremonies; acrylic paintings combine elements of sand paintings, body decoration, and ritual elements; technique of preparing ground surface for painting; materials used; womens designs; Papunya in 1971; beginnings of paintings on school; development of painting movement; first sales; friction with government policies; meaning of name, Papunya Tula; Bardon’s theories of Papunya Tula art; symbols used.

• xx, 140 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some. col) ; 28 cm. #260626

• • First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:

    • Art – Painting
    • Art – Artists – Men
    • Pintupi people (C10) (NT SF52-11)
    • Papunya (South Central NT SF52-16)
    • Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)

    Subject:

    • Painting, Aboriginal Australian — Northern Territory — Papunya
    • Painting, Aboriginal Australian — Western Australia — Western Desert