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September 30, 2010
The National Gallery of Australia has finally had a face lift--a new entrance--and an extension of its gallery space. Finally its extensive collection of Indigenous Art in all its diversity----regional and media---can be displayed.
One region that I know little about is that around Broome:
Jan (Djan Nanundie) Billycan, All the Jila, 2006, synthetic polymer binder with langridge dry pigment and marble dust on plyboard
The eight panels depict the Great Sandy Desert near Well 33 in Western Australia.Jila refers to waterhole.
The Yulparija people came to Bidyadanga, a coastal town situated 250km south of Broome, from their country which runs from Telfer in the south to Kintore in the east and to close to Fitzroy Crossing in the north. Most of the Bidyadanga artists are the Yulparija elders who have spent most of their lives in the desert living in the traditional bush way. Much of their work reflects this and depicts the country on the Canning stock route around well 33.
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