Wednesday, 2 November 2016

My favourite art work




        Art work title:           Warlugulong 1976 (Synthetic polymer paint on canvas)
        Artists:                        Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri & Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri

This painting is a contemporary art which tells different stories. Warlugulong is the site where the great fire began. Lungkata, the blue-tongue lizard man, had rested at this site. His two sons following behind, speared a kangaroo, cooked it and greedily at it all. The father, wondering why his sons were so long, suddenly sensed that had happened. Determined to punish them, blew on a fire-stick until it glowed, then touched it to a bush. The bush exploded into flame(as the painting illustrates), then burnt everything in its path. Tongues of flame flicked out, as do all lizards and snakes tongues to the present day and soon the two brothers were fighting the flames. 
I like this painting as its a modern Aboriginal contemprary art which is paint on canvas with more then 4 basic colours, which Aboriginal artist used before. Every part of this painting tell us different story about the culture and history of Aboriginal people who lives in Anmatyeer, central desert region.                                      
                                                 

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