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Kudditji Kngwarreye 1928 - 2017
Représenté par:
SmithDavidson Gallery
"Every time I talk about him, I have a smile on my face. Every time I look at his art in my home, I smile." - Artist Sarrita King, September 2014
Kudditji is one of the first established male artists from Utopia and is known for his large dynamic paintings, saturated with colour and paint.
As a painter Kudditji mixed his colours directly onto the canvas, layering his paint into a patchwork formation. Where from a distance his work appears to be of uniform coloured blocks, up close a wide range of colors. Often the intensity of his works will change throughout the day as different light sources draw out different colours and elements, while others recede. Kudditji began painting his Emu Dreamings in a precise ‘dot painting’ style. Later he switched to the more abstract My Country style, consisting of coarse blocks with saturated colors in different tones. The My Country paintings can be seen as a representation of Kudditji’s birthplace, whose land and sky throughout changes of day and season are conveyed in shape and color. Kudditji’s more abstract My Country style is reminiscent of the later work of Emily Kam Kngwarray. It is not sure who first started painting in this style.
Ever since Kudditji began to exhibit his abstract work in 2003, his star steadily rises in the international art world. Kudditji's work is represented in major national and international collections and Kudditji has gained worldwide recognition for his powerful interpretations of his ancestral Dreamings.
Kudditji Kngwarray passed away in January 2017.
Kudditji is one of the first established male artists from Utopia and is known for his large dynamic paintings, saturated with colour and paint.
As a painter Kudditji mixed his colours directly onto the canvas, layering his paint into a patchwork formation. Where from a distance his work appears to be of uniform coloured blocks, up close a wide range of colors. Often the intensity of his works will change throughout the day as different light sources draw out different colours and elements, while others recede. Kudditji began painting his Emu Dreamings in a precise ‘dot painting’ style. Later he switched to the more abstract My Country style, consisting of coarse blocks with saturated colors in different tones. The My Country paintings can be seen as a representation of Kudditji’s birthplace, whose land and sky throughout changes of day and season are conveyed in shape and color. Kudditji’s more abstract My Country style is reminiscent of the later work of Emily Kam Kngwarray. It is not sure who first started painting in this style.
Ever since Kudditji began to exhibit his abstract work in 2003, his star steadily rises in the international art world. Kudditji's work is represented in major national and international collections and Kudditji has gained worldwide recognition for his powerful interpretations of his ancestral Dreamings.
Kudditji Kngwarray passed away in January 2017.
Oeuvres d'art
Articles
Médias
Points forts
Recommandations
Collections
Expositions
Position sur le marché
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Oeuvres de Kudditji Kngwarreye
Médias
Kudditji working on a painting
expositions
Dans la collection du musée:
ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst
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Selected Collections
Araluen Arts Centre Collection, Alice Springs, Australia
Hank Ebes Collection, Melbourne, Australia
Artbank, Australia-wide collection, managed by the Australian Government
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
R.M. Barokh Antiques, Los Angeles, USA
Sarrita King Collection, Australia
Corrigan Collection, Sydney, Australia
Luciano Benetton Collection, Venice, Italy
Guilleman and Sordello Collection, France
Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs, Australia
Gillian & Watson McAllister Collection, Sydney, Australia
Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, La Grange, Motiers, Switzerland
Selected Exhibitions
2020 - ‘ORIGINS, Australian Aboriginal Art from the SmithDavidson Collection’, SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 - ‘Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art: A Curated Selection’, SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018 - ‘East meets West', SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 - ‘Signs and Traces. Contemporary Aboriginal Art.’ Zamek Culture Centre, Pozan, Poland
2013 - ‘Sky and Desert’, Foundation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Switzerland
2009 - ‘Reves Aborignes’, Musee Arts et Histoire de Bormes-Les-Mimosas, Bormes-Les-Mimosas, France
2006 - Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004 - Australian Exhibition Centre, Chicago, USA
2004 - ‘Heartbeat - Living Country’, Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, Australia
1992 - ‘Tjukurrpa’, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Basel, Switzerland
1991 - Central Australian Aboriginal Art & Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, Australia
Araluen Arts Centre Collection, Alice Springs, Australia
Hank Ebes Collection, Melbourne, Australia
Artbank, Australia-wide collection, managed by the Australian Government
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
R.M. Barokh Antiques, Los Angeles, USA
Sarrita King Collection, Australia
Corrigan Collection, Sydney, Australia
Luciano Benetton Collection, Venice, Italy
Guilleman and Sordello Collection, France
Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs, Australia
Gillian & Watson McAllister Collection, Sydney, Australia
Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, La Grange, Motiers, Switzerland
Selected Exhibitions
2020 - ‘ORIGINS, Australian Aboriginal Art from the SmithDavidson Collection’, SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 - ‘Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art: A Curated Selection’, SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018 - ‘East meets West', SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 - ‘Signs and Traces. Contemporary Aboriginal Art.’ Zamek Culture Centre, Pozan, Poland
2013 - ‘Sky and Desert’, Foundation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Switzerland
2009 - ‘Reves Aborignes’, Musee Arts et Histoire de Bormes-Les-Mimosas, Bormes-Les-Mimosas, France
2006 - Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004 - Australian Exhibition Centre, Chicago, USA
2004 - ‘Heartbeat - Living Country’, Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, Australia
1992 - ‘Tjukurrpa’, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Basel, Switzerland
1991 - Central Australian Aboriginal Art & Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, Australia
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