Tag Archives: Canning Stock Route

Family Ties

There are a few concepts that can be regarded as absolutely fundamental to Aboriginal society and, by extension, to its art.  The most obvious, of course, is the tjukurrpa, what we know as the Dreaming or “law” or “business.”  Another … Continue reading

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Pretty Country, Cannibal Country

One of the more intriguing aspects of Yiwarra Kuju was the prominence it delivered to Martumili Artists, whom I find to be among the most interesting group of artists to have emerged from the past half-decade’s burst of creative energy … Continue reading

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Along the Canning Stock Route

If you are an aficionado of desert art from the Kimberley region, and especially if you read the stories associated with paintings out of art centres like Mangkaja Arts and Warlayirti Artists, you probably already have a glancing familiarity with … Continue reading

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