Artist:
The making of an exhibition: Emily Kame Kngwarreye:
Emily Kame Kngwarreye was an Aboriginal woman from Utopia in central Australia who began to paint on canvas when she was about 78 years old. In the 8 years before her death in 1996, she produced a staggering output of over 3,000 canvasses, some of which are now valued more highly (in monetary terms) than the work of most other female Australian artists. - http://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/2142/emily-in-japan-making-of-an.html Kame Colour II, 1995' (below) is warm and exciting. It depicts the absurdness of woman's traditional body markings, and is a perfect example of Aboriginal work which is not reminiscent of traditional 'dot paintings'. It was also part of the Spirit of the Land exhibition, however I liked it so much I decided to look into Emily's work further.
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'Big Yam Dreaming', 1995.
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| Arlatyey Dreaming, 1995. |
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