FEATURE ARTICLE
‘THE BIG PICTURE’
Important Aboriginal Art.
This exciting exhibition is a superb collection of major works by some of Australia’s most accomplished and recognised indigenous artists from the Western Desert - often referred to as the Papunya Tula artists.
Assembled over a period of six years, this collection offers you a rare opportunity – whether as a collector, curator or simply an interested observer - to admire or acquire works which are of a scale and quality usually reserved for prestigious public gallery collections or museums.
Included in the exhibition are mesmerising three metre works by esteemed female artists Makinti Napanangka 2004, Naata Nungurrayi 2003 and Mitjili Napurrula 2006 and masterpieces of over two metres by Ronnie Tjampitjinpa 2001, George Tjungurrayi 2003, Willy Tjungurrayi 2004, Ningara Napurrula 2007, Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa 2004, and
Yinarupa Gibson Nangala 2006. Also included in the exhibition are major works by Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (Mrs. Bennett) 2006 and Linda Syddick Napaltjarri 2005.
With a recent auction breaking the $1 million barrier for a painting by the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye, and a predicted $2 -3 million for the upcoming sale of a painting by the late Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, there will be a renewed sense of urgency among local and overseas collectors and institutions to acquire important works from key artists representative of specific periods from the most acclaimed art movement to emerge from Australia. Never before has Australian Aboriginal Art generated so much interest, both on a domestic and international level.
And Ballan & Pannan Galleries is again at the forefront of this next great surge of interest in Australian Aboriginal Art. We have long recognised the importance of many of the artists and the works which will be on display over the next weeks and suggest to you, our local clientele, that there has never been a better time to secure that masterpiece for which you have been searching. Many of the works on display are of a period and quality that will never be repeated. All these works will sell! And I truly hope that some, if not all, of these special pieces will find a home locally, or at least stay in Australia.
In keeping with the spirit of 1967, we invite you to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a memorable Referendum, overwhelmingly passed, which saw Aboriginals being counted amongst Australians citizens for the first time and finally able to live under uniform laws and policy made by the Commonwealth Government.
Whatever your standpoint on Indigenous Art, we ask you to think about how far we have really come & respect the freedom of choice for Indigenous Artists.
LET THE ART DO THE TALKING.
Linda Syddick Napaljarri ‘Walukuritje Rockhole’ 183 x 152cm
Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa ‘Tjalili’ 212 x 183cm
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NEWS + ARTICLES
Possum's fire dreaming sets record
The Australian | Stuart Rintoul | July 25, 2007
A PAINTING by Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, described as one of the
most important Australian works of the 20th century, more than doubled
the record for Aboriginal art last night when it sold for $2.4 million.
Read more >> $2.4m for Possum painting that once fetched $1200
The Age | Gabriella Coslovich | July 25, 2007
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri's painting Warlugulong more than doubled the highest price ever paid for Aboriginal art.
Read more >> Art sales: Will the Aboriginal magic return?
The Telegraph | Colin Gleadell | July 17, 2007
Colin Gleadell gives a sale preview.
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