Uta Uta Tjangala
E350105
Australian Aboriginal artist
Indigenous Australian person
Papunya Tula artist
Western Desert artist
painter
Uta Uta Tjangala was a prominent Australian Aboriginal artist and founding member of the Papunya Tula art movement, known for his influential Western Desert dot paintings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uta Uta Tjangala canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal artist
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Indigenous Australian person ⓘ Papunya Tula artist ⓘ Western Desert artist ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| activeIn | 20th-century Australian art ⓘ |
| artForm | contemporary Indigenous Australian art ⓘ |
| artisticFocus | translation of ceremonial ground designs into permanent paintings ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
acrylic paint
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board ⓘ canvas ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
Western Desert art
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surface form:
Western Desert dot painting
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| artMarketRecognition | collected by major Australian institutions ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd
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surface form:
Papunya Tula Artists cooperative
Papunya ⓘ
surface form:
Papunya community
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| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | key figure in the emergence of contemporary Aboriginal desert painting ⓘ |
| culture | Western Desert Aboriginal culture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Pintupi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | dot painting ⓘ |
| heritage | Aboriginal Australian ⓘ |
| influenced |
Western Desert art
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surface form:
Western Desert painting style
later Papunya Tula artists ⓘ |
| languageGroup |
Pintupi language
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surface form:
Pintupi language group
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| movement |
Papunya Tula paintings
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surface form:
Papunya Tula art movement
Western Desert art ⓘ
surface form:
Western Desert art movement
|
| nationality | Australian ⓘ |
| notability | pioneer of Western Desert painting ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding member of the Papunya Tula art movement
ⓘ
influential Western Desert dot paintings ⓘ |
| notableWorkType |
acrylic painting on board
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acrylic painting on canvas ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Western Desert (Australia)
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surface form:
Western Desert region of Australia
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| region | Central Australia ⓘ |
| role | founding member of Papunya Tula Artists ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarship on Papunya Tula art ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
Dreaming stories
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ancestral tracks ⓘ ceremonial designs ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.