Title
Awelye, from the portfolio Crossroads
1997
Artist
Ada Bird Petyarre
Australia
circa 1930 –
Language groups: Alyawarr, Central Desert region, Anmatyerr, Central Desert region
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Central and Western Desert
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- 1997
- Media category
- Materials used
- screenprint
- Edition
- 10/99
- Dimensions
- 76.0 x 56.0 cm image / sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.l. corner, pencil "A.B.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Mollie Gowing Acquisition fund for Contemporary Aboriginal art 1999
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 62.1999.2
- Copyright
- © Ada Petyarre Petyarre/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Ada Bird Petyarre
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About
In this print Ada Bird Petyarre depicts the awelye (body paint) for arnkerrthe, the mountain devil lizard. The mass of curved lines is directly taken from the lines of ochre painted on the breasts, shoulders and upper torso of the body. Ada Bird has transformed this linear pattern into a complex and interlocking arrangement of forms that represent the women gathering for the ceremony.
The mountain devil lizard is the important ancestral figure for Ada Bird and her country, Anungara.
[extract from "Crossroads - A Portfolio of Australian Aboriginal Artists"]
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Places
Where the work was made
Central and Western Desert
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Crossroads: Millenium Portfolio of Australian Aboriginal Artists, Sherman Galleries, Paddington, 18 Feb 1999–06 Mar 1999
Another Country, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Jul 1999–02 Apr 2000
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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21C Pty Limited (Compilator), Crossroads: Millennium Portfolio of Australian Aboriginal Artists, Sydney, 1999, colour illus..
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