Papunya Tula paintings

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Indigenous Australian art movement Western Desert art contemporary art

Papunya Tula paintings are a seminal body of contemporary Indigenous Australian art, originating from Western Desert communities and renowned for their intricate dot motifs and powerful expressions of Aboriginal cultural narratives.

Aliases (1)

Papunya Tula Artists ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous Australian art movement → Western Desert art → contemporary art →
artForm	acrylic painting on canvas →
associatedWith	Papunya Tula Artists → Western Desert communities →
countryOfOrigin	Australia →
culturalContext	Aboriginal law and ceremony → Western Desert cultural traditions →
depicts	Dreaming stories → Tjukurrpa → ancestral beings → ceremonial sites → songlines →
ethnicGroup	Aboriginal Australians →
exhibitedAt	Art Gallery of New South Wales → National Gallery of Australia → major international museums →
hasCharacteristic	abstraction of landscape → aerial perspective → complex iconography → restricted colour palettes →
hasTheme	connection to Country → cultural continuity → land rights →
inception	early 1970s →
influenced	contemporary Indigenous Australian art → global contemporary art →
movementFoundedBy	Geoffrey Bardon →
notableArtist	Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri → George Tjungurrayi → Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula → Joseph Jurra Tjapaltjarri → Kaapa Tjampitjinpa → Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri → Ningura Napurrula → Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi → Ronnie Tjampitjinpa → Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula → Uta Uta Tjangala → Yayayi Napangati →
originatedIn	Northern Territory → Papunya →
precededBy	body painting → ground painting → shield painting →
producedBy	Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd →
usesMotif	dot painting → geometric patterning →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Papunya Tula paintings ("Papunya Tula Artists") →	associatedWith
National Gallery of Australia →	hasNotableWork