In 1971, at Papunya, a government-established Aboriginal community in Central Australia, a Sydney-based schoolteacher provided a group of men with the tools and the encouragement to paint. Known as “Papunya boards,” these works constituted the beginning of the Western Desert art movement in which indigenous Australian artists explored images and experiences in a new medium and on permanent surfaces. Drawn from the John and Barbara Wilkerson Collection, the exhibition includes masters of the Papunya School including Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Shorty Lungkarta Tjungurrayi, Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, and Mick Namararri Tjapaltjarri.
Exhibition is on view September 1–December 5, 2009.
For more information, please contact:
Grey Art Gallery, NYU, 100 Washington Square East
Website: http://www.nyu.edu/greyart
E-mail: greygallery@nyu.edu
Tel: 212/998-6780
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday/Thursday/Friday: 11 am–6 pm
OPEN LATE Wednesday: 11 am–8 pm
Saturday: 11 am–5 pm
Closed Sunday/Monday/Major holidays including Saturday September 5, 2009 (Labor Day Weekend) and November 26-28 (Thanksgiving Weekend).
Suggested admission: $3.00, FREE with NYU ID
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