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Earth's Creation
Emily Kame Kngwarreye's paintings are described by leading international art academics as being equal to the works of Monet, and other great Impressionist and Abstract artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Rothko.
Experts have argued that Earth's Creation, painted in 1994 at Utopia on the edge of the Simpson Desert in Central Australia, is a more important painting for Australia than Pollock's Blue Poles.[1] This highly controversial American work put the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) onto the world stage in 1973, and remains one of its most celebrated works today.
Earth's Creation was painted by a genius Australian, with no formal or even informal training in art. Emily knew nothing of any other schools of art and had never even seen another painting. She had barely 20 or so words in English. She spoke in an ancient Australian language; Anmatyerre. She painted "everything" in a way that was never done before, and has never been seen since.
Painting History
After being held in a private collection, Earth’s Creation was purchased by Mbantua Gallery & Cultural Museum at Lawson Menzies auction in Sydney on May 23, 2007 for $1,056,000.[2] At the time, this was the world record price for Aboriginal art.
On the request of the National Museum of Australia (NMA), Earth's Creation was loaned immediately on purchase to tour in Tokyo and Osaka in Japan in 2007,[3][4] and to be exhibited at the National Museum in Canberra in 2008. It was then exhibited in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Darwin before heading home to Alice Springs, where it had never been seen.
The Artist & Painting
Emily Kame Kngwarreye painted Earth's Creation in 1995 at Utopia, north east of Alice Springs which has flourished into one of the worlds leading art regions and the artists are Australia’s leaders in female aboriginal art.
She was a senior Anmatyerre woman, who only commenced painting when she was aged about 80. In the following 8 years she produced an astonishing 3,000 or more paintings; an average of one painting per day.[5]
Earth's Creation is described as part of her "high-colourist" phase.[6] It's a rich vibrant masterpiece of swirling blues, greens and yellows, from what Emily called the "green time", after the rains came and the bush erupted in new life. She painted with a 'dump dot' technique, also known as ‘dump dump’,[7] using her brush to pound the acrylic paint onto the canvas and create layers of colour and movement.
The painting represents, in the words of the artist herself, "whole lot" - Earth's Creation.[8]
External Links
- Earth's Creation at Mbantua Gallery & Cultural Museum
- Earth's Creation and NMA
- Why buy Earth's Creation - Tim Jennings
References
- Neale, M. (2008), Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, National Museum of Australia Press, Canberra.
- Earth's Creation goes to auction - 2007
- Emily rides to rescure with big creation - Sydney Morning Herald
- Earth's Creation to visit Territory Parliamen't
- Earth's Creation visits Territory Parliament
- Earth's Creation in Alice