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Kathleen
Petyarre
Born: c1940 Atnangkere NT
Language: Eastern Anmatyerre
Country: Alyawarre/Eastern Anmatyerre
Area: Eastern Desert, Central Australia
A
common theme of Kathleen’s paintings refers to Arnkerrthe,
Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard, a small lizard that has spikes
on its back and lives in the desert, crossing vast terrain and
changing colour according to its environment. The long distance
of its journeys can be felt in the landscape of Kathleen’s
works. The sacred Dreaming site of the Mountain Devil Lizard is
located in the vicinity of Mosquito Bore on Utopia Station. This
Dreaming site can be identified within Kathleen’s paintings
by a group of sand-hills that rise majestically from the desert
floor. In 1996, Kathleen was the winner of the Telstra National
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award and in 1998
the winner of the People’s Choice Award at the Seppelts
Contemporary Art Award Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary
Art, Sydney. Her work features in numerous national and international
private, corporate and public collections including the Collection
de Musee des Arts d’Afrique et d’Oceanie, Paris, France.
for
further information
info@fireworksgallery.com.au
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