Tag Archives: Papunya

Streets of Papunya

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Will

Having thoroughly enjoyed Vivien Johnson’s previous book, Once Upon a Time in Papunya, her attempt to chronicle the rise of Papunya Tula Artists, I didn’t really think twice when Rosina Di Marzo of New South Books reached out to ask … Continue reading →

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Tjukurrtjanu: Reconstructing Papunya History

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Will

I missed forty years by about forty days and forty nights: that’s how long before the opening of Tjukurrtjanu: origins of Western Desert art at the National Gallery of Victoria that I left Australia to return to the United States … Continue reading →

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The Problem of Papunya

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Will

Russell Skelton’s King Brown Country: the betrayal of Papunya (Allen & Unwin, 2010) is an aggravating book.  The publisher’s announcement begins with the following statement: Award winning journalist Russell Skelton presents a devastating portrait of Papunya, a Western Desert community … Continue reading →

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Papunya Town Planning

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Will

My thanks to Alec O’Halloran for pointing me to the answer to last week’s question about the topography of Papunya, where a ring road around the center of the settlement is surrounded by the semi-circular tracks of an Aboriginal iconographic design.In Janet … Continue reading →

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Papunya Topography: Request for Information

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Will

If you search for Papunya using Google Earth, you’ll find* the following image of the town: In what must be the surest example of life imitating art, the landscape surrounding the settlement has been scored on four sides with semi-circles … Continue reading →

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