Desert Art Papunya

The Beginning

• Traditional Australian Aboriginal art was intended to be viewed by a select few.
• In 1970, the Papunya primary school teacher persuaded the Pintupi tribal council to paint a mural on the school wall.
• The piece, "Honey Ant Dreaming" was painted in the traditional ochre palette and used dots to conceal sacred content.
• The artists co-operative started in 1971 and now sells works by 250 Pintupi artists to a keen market.
• Some Papunya artists have moved to nearby settlements at Kintore and Kiwirrkura.

Papunya Style

• Papunya style began -and continues to be- highly formal.
• The designs use dots, lines and simplified shapes to represent a story.
• The arcs, circles and 'U' shapes are sprinkled through figurative boomerangs, shields and axes.

Papunya Artists

• Australian Aboriginal Art is defined by the works of the Papunya artists.
• Works by Papunya artists such as Clifford Possum and Mick Namarari have been sold for 5 figure sums.
• Some works by original Papunya artists are sold on EBay and amazing bargains occur.
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Papunya Artists on EBay

	THOMAS TJAPALTJARRI - 94CM X 61CM TJ414		-	$440.00	12h 54m
	WILLY TJUNGURRAYI - 200CM X 122CM WT440			$2,450.00	13h 24m
	ABORIGINAL PAINTING DEBRA McDONALD NANGALA BLUE CHIP		-	$299.00	13h 29m
	FABRIANNE NAMPITJINPA PETERSON - 200CM X 90CM FP21		-	$2,450.00	13h 54m
	NAATA NUNGURRAYI - 190CM X 121CM		-	$5,950.00	13h 54m
	ADA ANDY NAPALJARRI.....89cm x 60cm		1	$99.00	14h 10m
	EBINKA DIXSON- AUTHENTIC ABORIGINAL ART			$155.00	1d 7h 49m
	NGOIA POLLARD - AUTHENTIC ABORIGINAL ART			$545.00	1d 8h 4m
	GEORGE WARD TJUNGURRAYI ACRYLIC ON CANVAS~ART OFFERINGS		1	$99.00	1d 11h 55m
	MAKINTI NAPANANGKA AUTHENTIC CENTRAL DESERT ART		16	$1,425.00	1d 12h 30m
	MITJILLI NAPARULLA AUTHENTIC CENTRAL DESERT ART		7	$559.99	1d 12h 31m
	DINNY NOLAN TJAMPITJINPA - 199CM X 118CM DN402		-	$1,850.00	1d 12h 39m
	WILLY TJUNGURRAYI AUTHENTIC CENTRAL DESERT ART		4	$152.50	1d 12h 44m
	Aboriginal Art,,,,,,,,Thomas Tjapaltjarri N R 6842		7	$305.00	1d 13h 5m
	MICHAEL NELSON JAGAMARA		2	$131.38	1d 13h 7m
	NINGURA NAPARULLA....87cm x 58cm...COLLECTORS ITEM		3	$210.27	1d 14h
	NABULLA SCOBIE NAPURRULA....PAPUNYA TULA...87cm x 59cm		3	$154.38	1d 14h 10m
	ABORIGINAL PAINTING DEBRA McDONALD NANGALA BLUE CHIP		-	$399.00	1d 14h 51m
	KATHERINE NAKAMARRA 74cm x 123cm		1	$0.99	2d 2h 25m
	DEBRA NAKAMARRA 69cm x 120cm		5	$152.50	2d 3h
	Important Early Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa		1	$600.00	3d 5h 12m
	MAVIS JUGADAI NAPALTJARRI - AUTHENTIC ABORIGINAL ART			$560.00	3d 5h 33m
	ABORIGINAL PAINTING GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE BLUE CHIP			$599.00	3d 11h 56m
	Charlie Egalie Tjapaltjarri Old Aboriginal Coolamon		1	$380.00	3d 12h 16m
	Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (Hardcover)		-	$50.00 $85.00	3d 12h 29m