Title
Ormiston Gorge
2012
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Alice Springs
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Australia
- Cultural origin
- Western Arrernte/Luritja, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Central Desert region
- Date
- 2012
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- watercolour on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 54.0 cm image; 19.0 x 57.3 cm sheet (irreg.)
- Signature & date
Signed l.r., black fibre-tipped pen "IVY PAREROULTJA". Not dated.
- Credit
- Mollie Gowing Acquisition fund for Contemporary Aboriginal art 2014
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 30.2014
- Copyright
- © Ivy Pareroultja, courtesy Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands Art Centre
- Artist information
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Ivy Pareroultja
Works in the collection
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About
Ivy Pareroultja is one of the leaders in a new generation of artists continuing the legacy of the renowned Hermannsburg school of watercolour painters. Ivy is the daughter of Edwin Pareroultja, a contemporary of Albert Namatjira's and a significant artist in his own right. Significantly, Edwin Pareroultja's painting 'Amulda Gorge' c1947 was the first work by an Aboriginal artist purchased for the Gallery's collection. Edwin, along with his brothers, Otto and Reuben, was known for his use of brilliant colour, graphic forms and strong patternation.
In recent years Ivy has mastered the skills inherited from her father to produce striking watercolours through the Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra: Many Hands Art Centre. This art centre was established in 2003 to foster the Western Arrernte descendents of the Hermannsburg school of painters and can be credited with a revival of their style of painting in recent years. Ivy has been at the forefront of this movement and following her first exhibition in 2003 has achieved great success.
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Places
Where the work was made
Alice Springs
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Drawing out: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2014, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 Nov 2014–26 Jan 2015
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Anne Ryan, Drawing out: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2014, 'Ivy Pareroultja', pg. 39-44, Sydney, 2014, 42-43 (colour illus.), 95.
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