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Emily Kam Kngwarray 1910 - 1996
Vertegenwoordigd door:
SmithDavidson Gallery
"We didn’t have any tents — we lived in shelters made of grass. When it was raining the grass was roughly thrown together for shelter. That was in the olden time, a long time ago."
Emily Kam Kngwarray is without a doubt the most famous female Aboriginal artist to date. She may be considered one of the greatest contemporary Australian artists and her influence on the world of both indigenous and non-indigenous Australian art is indisputably great.
Having started at nearly eighty years old, her painting career lasted a mere seven years. One of her most remarkable attributes was her capacity to develop new styles. Yet her vast output was a result of her enormous physical and mental energy, as well as her forceful personality and deep love for her ancestral country. Most of her work can be distinguished by an exceptionally wide palette of bright colors; of special significance are her more minimalist abstract works of two colors, inspired by traditional body painting.
During the last two years of her life, she broke with her bright color schemes by making minimalist “line” paintings in black, brown or blue on a white background, inspired by women’s ceremonial body painting. This led to her "Wild Yam Dreamings” ; layers of intricately crossing lines that represent the roots of the Yam plant, an edible and spiritually significant indigenous vegetable. From this period, comes her most important masterpiece, Big Yam Dreaming (1995), which was donated to the National Gallery of Victoria.
Emily Kam Kngwarray is without a doubt the most famous female Aboriginal artist to date. She may be considered one of the greatest contemporary Australian artists and her influence on the world of both indigenous and non-indigenous Australian art is indisputably great.
Having started at nearly eighty years old, her painting career lasted a mere seven years. One of her most remarkable attributes was her capacity to develop new styles. Yet her vast output was a result of her enormous physical and mental energy, as well as her forceful personality and deep love for her ancestral country. Most of her work can be distinguished by an exceptionally wide palette of bright colors; of special significance are her more minimalist abstract works of two colors, inspired by traditional body painting.
During the last two years of her life, she broke with her bright color schemes by making minimalist “line” paintings in black, brown or blue on a white background, inspired by women’s ceremonial body painting. This led to her "Wild Yam Dreamings” ; layers of intricately crossing lines that represent the roots of the Yam plant, an edible and spiritually significant indigenous vegetable. From this period, comes her most important masterpiece, Big Yam Dreaming (1995), which was donated to the National Gallery of Victoria.
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(Indigenous Australian (Anmatyerr), 1910 - 1996)
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National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
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Selected Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, Australia
Campbelltown City Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Allen, Allen & Hemsley, Sydney, Australia
BP Australia
Transfield Collection, Sydney, Australia
The Collection of Colin & Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, Australia
Fred Torres Collection, Australia
Ebes Collection, Melbourne, Australia
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Artbank, Australia-wide collection, managed by the Australian Government
Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
The Kasumi Co. Collection, Japan
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands
Fondation Burkhardt-Felder, Motiers, Switzerland
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, USA
The Luczo Family Collection, USA
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
Collection of Steve Martin & Anne Stringfield, New York, USA
Kelton Foundation, California, USA
The Robert Holmes à Court Collection, USA
Donald Kahn Collection, USA
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, Australia
Campbelltown City Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Allen, Allen & Hemsley, Sydney, Australia
BP Australia
Transfield Collection, Sydney, Australia
The Collection of Colin & Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, Australia
Fred Torres Collection, Australia
Ebes Collection, Melbourne, Australia
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Artbank, Australia-wide collection, managed by the Australian Government
Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
The Kasumi Co. Collection, Japan
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands
Fondation Burkhardt-Felder, Motiers, Switzerland
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, USA
The Luczo Family Collection, USA
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
Collection of Steve Martin & Anne Stringfield, New York, USA
Kelton Foundation, California, USA
The Robert Holmes à Court Collection, USA
Donald Kahn Collection, USA
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