Western Desert art

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Indigenous Australian art movement contemporary art movement

Western Desert art is a contemporary Indigenous Australian art movement characterized by symbolic dot painting and rich representations of ancestral stories and desert landscapes, originating from Aboriginal communities in Australia’s Western Desert region.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Western Desert art canonical	10
Western Desert art movement	10
Western Desert painting movement	4
Western Desert dot painting	3
Central Desert art	2
Western Desert art tradition	2
Western Desert painting	2
Central Australian desert art	1
Desert art movement	1
Western Desert Aboriginal art movement	1
Western Desert Aboriginal painters	1
Western Desert acrylic painting	1
Western Desert dot paintings	1
Western Desert painting style	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous Australian art movement ⓘ contemporary art movement ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Aboriginal Australians ⓘ Anmatyerr people ⓘ surface form: Anmatyerre people Arrernte people ⓘ Luritja people ⓘ Pintupi people ⓘ Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ Warlpiri people ⓘ Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
exhibitedAt	international museums ⓘ major Australian galleries ⓘ
exportedTo	international art markets ⓘ
genre	Aboriginal dot painting ⓘ contemporary Indigenous painting ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	aerial or map-like perspective ⓘ collaborative works ⓘ combination of public and secret-sacred imagery ⓘ community-based production ⓘ restricted iconographic knowledge ⓘ translation of oral tradition into visual form ⓘ use of acrylic paints ⓘ use of symbolic abstraction ⓘ
hasImpactOn	global awareness of Indigenous Australian culture ⓘ recognition of Aboriginal land rights ⓘ
hasPart	acrylic painting on canvas ⓘ board painting ⓘ body painting traditions ⓘ dot painting ⓘ ground painting traditions ⓘ
inception	1971 ⓘ
influencedBy	body painting ⓘ ceremonial ground designs ⓘ rock art traditions ⓘ sand drawing ⓘ
languageRegion	Western Desert language ⓘ surface form: Western Desert language group
mainSubject	Dreaming stories ⓘ ancestral beings ⓘ desert landscapes ⓘ sacred sites ⓘ songlines ⓘ
movementInstitution	Art centres in remote Aboriginal communities ⓘ Desart ⓘ Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd ⓘ surface form: Papunya Tula Artists Warlayirti Artists ⓘ Warlukurlangu Artists ⓘ
notableArtist	Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri ⓘ Emily Kame Kngwarreye ⓘ Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula ⓘ Kaapa Tjampitjinpa ⓘ Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri ⓘ Paddy Bedford ⓘ Ronnie Tjampitjinpa ⓘ Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula ⓘ
notableWork	Papunya Tula paintings ⓘ surface form: Honey Ant Dreaming mural
originatesFrom	Central Australia ⓘ Papunya ⓘ Western Desert region ⓘ
relatedTo	Western Desert art self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central Desert art Western Desert art self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Desert art movement
startTime	early 1970s ⓘ
usesMotif	concentric circles ⓘ desert flora and fauna ⓘ dot patterns ⓘ stylised figures ⓘ tracks and pathways ⓘ

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Yankunytjatjara → hasArtTradition → Western Desert art ⓘ

Western Desert cultural bloc → hasArtTradition → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert painting movement

Western Desert art → relatedTo → Western Desert art self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Desert art movement

Western Desert art → relatedTo → Western Desert art self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Desert art

Fregon (Kaltjiti) → hasArtStyle → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert art tradition

Indulkana (Iwantja) → hasArtStyle → Western Desert art ⓘ

Western Arrernte country → influences → Western Desert art ⓘ

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri → movement → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert art movement

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri → genre → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert painting

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri → culturalContext → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert Aboriginal art movement

Yayayi Napangati → movement → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert art movement

Yayayi Napangati → partOf → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert art tradition

Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd → movement → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert painting movement

Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi → movement → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert art movement

Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi → culturalContext → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Australian desert art

Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi → artisticTradition → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert acrylic painting

Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi → associatedWith → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert painting movement

Joseph Jurra Tjapaltjarri → associatedWith → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert art movement

Joseph Jurra Tjapaltjarri → movement → Western Desert art ⓘ

Joseph Jurra Tjapaltjarri → artStyle → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert dot painting

Luritja people → hasArtTradition → Western Desert art ⓘ

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri → movement → Western Desert art ⓘ

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri → associatedWith → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Desert art

Kaapa Tjampitjinpa → movement → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert art movement

Kaapa Tjampitjinpa → artForm → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert dot painting

Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula → movement → Western Desert art ⓘ

Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula → influenced → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert art movement

Uta Uta Tjangala → movement → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert art movement

Uta Uta Tjangala → artisticStyle → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert dot painting

Uta Uta Tjangala → influenced → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert painting style

Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula → movement → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert art movement

Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula → notableFor → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert art movement

Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula → genre → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert painting

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa → movement → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert art movement

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa → associatedWith → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert painting movement

Ningura Napurrula → artisticMovement → Western Desert art ⓘ

Ningura Napurrula → notableFor → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert dot paintings

George Tjungurrayi → artMovement → Western Desert art ⓘ

Geoffrey Bardon → fieldOfWork → Western Desert art ⓘ

Geoffrey Bardon → influenced → Western Desert art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert Aboriginal painters