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August 1, 2010
Kudditji Kngwarreye (born c 1928) is a senior Anmatyerre artist who began painting in the early 1980s. He is the younger brother of renowned artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye, is associated with Utopia, located about 270 kms north east of Alice Springs.The lease of Utopia Station was ceded to Aboriginal people in the mid-1970s. There, the Aboriginal locals worked cattle, hunted kangaroo, gathered seeds and grasses, and collected yam seeds, the favourite food of emus.
Kudditji Kngwarreye’s colour-block paintings is constituted by squares, or lozenges, of colour and are a form of colour field painting:
Kudditji Kngwarreye, My Country - Burning, acrylic on linen
Kudditji Kngwarreye’s paintings are an interpretation of his travels across Utopia; they are his versions of cultural emu creationist stories, some of which are violent or threatening, and they are an invocation of an individual perspective, on behalf of others.
Kudditji Kngwarreye, My Country - Rain Coming, acrylic on linen
The large blocks of colour have subtle contrasts depending on the choice of shades.|
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