DAVID BROWN Ngamaku Tarriku For Mother and Father
COOEE ART REDFERN 9 JUNE - 2 JULY 2022
“This is a good camping and resting place ... Groups of families always set up camp here.There are a lot of bush turkeys and echidna.There is also a soak to drink water from and water holes in the hills. Aboriginal people during the Dreamtime set up camp here. My grandfather told me this story.”
- DAVID BROWN
ABOUT THE ARTIST DAVID BROWN (b. 1979 - )
David was born in Perth and raised between Mulan, Western Australia and Kintore in the Northern Territory, his mother’s and his father’s communities, respectively. Later, the family moved to the new community of Kiwirrkurra, where David was taught by School of the Air before the official community school was established. Simultaneously, the artist was educated on Country by his grandfathers, including one of the original and most revered Papunya Tula artists in Uta Uta Tjangala. His mother, Ivy Robertson, was also an artist, painting alongside the likes of Susie Bootja Bootja and Millie Skeen at Warlayirti Art Centre in Balgo Hills. 6. 4. 1.
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1. Tjutapli | 2022 natural ochre & pigment on canvas 80x100cm | #19826 2. Lungkura - Blue Tongue Lizard | 2022 natural ochre & pigment on canvas 60x60cm | #19820 3. Walawala & Karilkurra at Sunset | 2022 natural ochre & pigment on canvas 45x120cm | #19832 4. Nura Paplya Wanna | 2022 natural ochre & pigment on canvas 45x45cm | #19819 5. Walawala | 2022 natural ochre & pigment on canvas 45x45cm | #19821
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6. Fishing Spot Near Balgo | 2021 natural ochre & pigment on canvas 45x120cm | #19816 7. Wirrull | 2021 natural ochre & pigment on canvas 45x45cm | #19818 FRONT COVER | Walawala at Sunset 2022 | natural ochre & pigment on canvas 100x100cm | #19833 BACK COVER | Muntati & Murapalanu 2022 | natural ochre & pigment on canvas 60x60cm | #19830
David showed early talent at school, when learning landscape painting from a visiting Canadian art teacher. At the time, his work was selected for an exhibition in Alice Springs. After completing boarding school in Perth, David travelled throughout Western Australian and the Northern Territory, spending time in Halls Creek and occasionally painting for Papunya Tula before returning to Kiwirrkurra. “I watched the old people paint there. I was a good drawer at school and always work on improving my skills. I can do both styles, desert style and realism style.” David has dedicated his debut solo exhibition to his parents and to his grandfather and grandmother “for taking me to Country and teaching me the Dreamtime stories.”
ABOUT WARINGARRI ABORIGINAL ARTS Waringarri Aboriginal Arts is a living, growing art centre celebrating the uniqueness of Miriwoong cultural identity.
returned to the community to support our ongoing program of arts and cultural projects.
Established in the 1980s, in the heart of Miriwoong country at Kununurra in the Kimberley region of northern Australia, Waringarri Arts aims to share and embody the importance of the artist’s Country and Culture.
Refurbished in 2011, the distinctive quality about Waringarri Aboriginal Arts is the sense of an authentically creative and collaborative environment. Artist studios extend into landscaped gardens. Verandas are supported by individually painted poles and pathways of sandblasted pavers presenting a range of artist designs. The Dawang Gallery is a unique cultural information space, presenting selected works from the Waringarri collection, complimented with multi-media presentations to add context in sharing the full richness of Miriwoong cultural identity
Waringarri is the first wholly Indigenous owned art centre established in Western Australia, and one of the oldest continuously operating art centres in Australia, supporting and festering economic independence for artists and their community. The centre operates artists’ studios and galleries and supports more than 100 artists as painters, printmakers, wood carvers, boab engravers, sculptors and textile artists. Cultural tours and performances compliment the visitor experience with a rich insight into Miriwoong culture. All proceeds from art sales, art commissions and cultural tourism is
Since 2009 the centre has supported the artists from the remote Kira Kiro Artists in Kalumburu, north-western Australia. Through the ongoing assistance from Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kira Kiro Artists provides enterprise opportunities for artists and local arts workers to develop arts practice skills and cultural traditions while promoting ethical sales to collectors and national and international visual art spaces.
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