Western Desert Art Movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf art movement
gptkbp:associatedWith Aboriginal Australian art
gptkbp:beganIn gptkb:Papunya
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:culturalSignificance revitalization of Aboriginal culture
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:museum
gptkb:Art_Gallery_of_New_South_Wales
gptkbp:exportedTo international art markets
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Western Desert Art Movement
gptkbp:influenced global contemporary art
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Dreamtime_stories
traditional Aboriginal iconography
gptkbp:languageGroup gptkb:Pintupi
gptkb:Warlpiri
gptkb:Arrernte
gptkb:Luritja
gptkbp:medium acrylic paint
gptkbp:movement contemporary Indigenous art
gptkbp:notableArtist gptkb:Geoffrey_Bardon
gptkb:Clifford_Possum_Tjapaltjarri
gptkb:Johnny_Warangkula_Tjupurrula
gptkb:Mick_Namarari_Tjapaltjarri
gptkb:Kaapa_Mbitjana_Tjampitjinpa
gptkbp:notableExhibit gptkb:Papunya_Tula:_Genesis_and_Genius_(2000)
gptkbp:notableGroup gptkb:Papunya_Tula_Artists
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Papunya_Tula_paintings
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Government_of_India
international art institutions
gptkbp:region gptkb:Western_Desert,_Australia
gptkbp:spreadTo gptkb:Kiwirrkurra
gptkb:Utopia
gptkb:Kintore
gptkb:Alice_Springs
gptkb:Balgo
gptkb:Haasts_Bluff
gptkb:Yuendumu
gptkbp:startDate 1971
gptkbp:subject gptkb:landscape
ancestral stories
sacred sites
gptkbp:technique dot painting
symbolic abstraction
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ronnie_Tjampitjinpa
gptkb:Clifford_Possum_Tjapaltjarri
gptkb:Turkey_Tolson_Tjupurrula
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7