IMAGE – ARTIST BARBARA MBITJANA MOORE. PIC COURTESY OF TJALA ARTS

WE ARE EXCITED TO RECEIVE A NEW CONSIGNMENT OF BRILLIANTLY COLOURED WORKS FROM LEADING ANMATYERRE ARTIST BARBARA MBITJANA MOORE. THE ARTIST GREW UP IN TI TREE IN THE NT AND MOVED TO AMATA IN THE APY TO BE WITH HER HUSBAND. PAINTING FROM TJALA ARTS THE ARTIST IS HIGHLY REGARDED IN THE INDIGENOUS ART SECTOR, WINNING THE 2012 NATSIAA PAINTING PRIZE AND A MULTIPLE FINALIST OF THE WYNNE PRIZE AT THE ART GALLERY OF NSW.

‘I PAINT THE LANSCAPE, MY COUNTRY OF NTURIYA (TI TREE). A LONG TIME AGO, LONG BEFORE US, MY ANCESTORS LIVED ON THIS COUNTRY. THEY KNEW ALL ABOUT HOW TO LIVE ON COUNTRY; WHERE THEY COULD FIND WATER HOLES, FOOD AND PLACES TO SHELTER WITH THEIR FAMILY. 

I FEEL HAPPY TO PAINT MY COUNTRY AND PROUD TO TELL MY STORIES OF MY ANCESTORS. THROUGH MY PAINTING I’M TEACHING MY DAUGHTERS AND GRANDCHILDREN TOO. I’M DOING THIS FOR MY FAMILY – IT’S ALL ABOUT MY FAMILY.’

BARBARA MBITJANA MOORE

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THANK YOU TO THE ARTIST AND TJALA ARTS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THESE WORKS.

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E – TOBY.OSMOND@AES.ORG.AU

P – +61 2 6794 3280