The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St
212.535.7710
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Anatjari Tjakamarra. Australian, Pintupi people, ca.1930 – 1992. Sons and Orphans Near Kurlkurta, 1984. Private Collection © estate of the artist 2009 licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency
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Dec 15, 2009 – June 27, 2010
Daily
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Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
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Free with museum admission
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See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! Beginning in the remote desert community of Papunya in the early 1970s, Australia's contemporary Aboriginal painting has become the most celebrated contemporary art movement within Australia and has attained prominence within the international art world. The exhibition Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia, features works by both established and emerging artists from a selection of important art-producing centers in Australia's central desert and adjacent regions, such as Papunya, Yuendumu, Lajamanu, Balgo, Utopia, and Warmun. The dynamic compositions on view illustrate the diversity of imagery produced by contemporary painters as well as the underlying theme of Dreaming (the beings and events of the Primordial creation period). The exhibition consists of loans from a private collection and is the Met’s first presentation of contemporary Australian Aboriginal art.
