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Yuendumu Prints -Paddy
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Aboriginal artist Paddy Stewart Japaljarri is from Mungapunju, just south of Yuendumu. When he was a young man he was a station worker at Mt Allen, Mt Dennison and up the top end. He worked as a chef in Papunya, hence his nickname 'Cookie'.For a very long time now he has been living in Yuendumu. Cookie worked at the Yuendumu school teaching young kids, both kardiya and yapa (non aboriginal and aboriginal). He's taught painting, jukurrpa (dreaming), tracking (dingo, kangaroo, goanna etc...), how to make wax for the sand painting, dancing, making boomerangs and many other important culture traditions. Each day Paddy drove the school bus that collected the kids. He was also involved in the council here and in Night Patrol. Night Patrol has been absolutely invaluable as a yapa (aboriginal) policing body. Cookie has been drawing and painting for a long time, including working on the Yuendumu School Doors. He is presently the chairman for the Warlukurlangu Artists Committee. In 1988 Paddy Stewart was selected by The Power Gallery, Sydney University to travel to Paris with five other Warlpiri men from Yuendumu to create a ground painting installation at the exhibition 'Magiciens de la Terre' at the Centre Georges Pompidou. The trip took place in May 1989 and the painting was received with world wide acclaim. In 2000 Paddy Stewart undertook to produce 30 etchings of the original Yuendumu Doors in collaboration with Paddy Sims and under the guidance of Basil Hall, Northern Editions Printmaker (Northern Territory University). The first print of the etchings was all on one page and had its debut alongside the Yuendumu Doors while they were exhibited in Alice Springs. The etchings in a set were launched in 2001, to great aclaim with the set winning the Telstra, 16th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, for works on paper. subjects and themes Marlu (Kangaroo) Janganpa (Possum) Yarla (Yam) Warlawurru (Eagle) Wardapi (Goanna) Yajukurlu (Bush cabbage) Jarlji (Frog) Jajirdi (Native Cat) Ngatijirri (Budgerigar) Wakulyarri (Banded Rock Wallaby) Yanyilingi (Native Fuschia) Pingirri (Meat ant). collections South Australian Museum, Adelaide Seatle Art Museum, U.S.A. Duncan Kentish Private Collections Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvin Grove, Glasgow, Scotland awards 2001 Telstra Work On Paper Award, The 16th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Telstra group exhibitions 1985 Araluen, Alice Springs 1986 Editions Gallery, Perth Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs 1987 Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne Chapman Gallery, Canberra 1988 F.O.E. Community Art Space, Melbourne Bellas Gallery, Brisbane Hilton Hotel (Nadoc Week), Adelaide Dreamtime Gallery, Perth 'Dreamings. The Art of Aboriginal Australia' Asia Society, New York, U.S.A. F.O.E. Community Art Space, Melbourne 1989 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Hogarth Gallery of Dreams, Sydney 1990 'Dreamings' South Australian Museum, Adelaide South Australian Museum Shop, Adelaide Festival 1991 'Aboriginal Art And Spirituality', Canberra Albert Hall, Canberra 1992 The Haven Gallery, Melbourne Emerald Hill, Melbourne 1993 Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide (Pacific Arts Symposium) 'Aratjara - Art of the First Australians' Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Dusseldorf, West Germany 'Artajara', Haywood Gallery, London, UK Bellas Gallery, Brisbane Sutton Gallery, Melbourne 'Tjukurrpa, Desert Dreamings - a survey of central desert art 1971-1993' Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Hogarth Gallery of Dreams, Sydney Chapman Gallery, Canberra Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane H. B Starr Gallery, Florida 1994 The Assembly Hall of the Territorial Parliament, Tahiti, French Polynesia Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, Florida Interamerican Art Gallery, Miami, Florida 'Aratjara', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Hogarth Gallery, Sydney 1995 Kloosterkazerne, Breda INMA Foundation, Amsterdam. 1996 Hogarth Gallery, Sydney Lake Macquarie Art Gallery 1997 Art Gallery NSW, Festival of the Dreaming, Ngapa Sand Painting, Sydney 1999 'Fighting for Culture', Indigenart, The Mossenson Gallery, Perth, W.A. Desert Mob Show, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs 2000 Print exhibition, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane "jangku yinyi", Carey Baptist Grammar School, Melbourne Kurawari, Desart Gallery, Sydney Hogarth Gallery, Sydney Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne Paintings and Prints, Northern Terrirtory University, Darwin 'Wayuta', The Desart Janganpa Gallery, Alice Springs 'Unhinged' Araluen Cultural Centre, Alice Springs 2001 Framed Gallery Darwin Bellas Gallery Brisbane Hogarth Gallery Sydney Yuendumu Door Etchings' National Gallery of Australia 18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award 2002 Indigenart Perth "The Warlukurlangu Collection" Parliament House Canberra Chapman Gallery Canberra 'Desert Mob' Araluen Art Centre and Gallery Alice Springs Bellas Gallery Brisbane 2003 Yilpinji, Love, Magic and Ceremony, Outback Gallery, Darling Harbour. Sydney. Australia. Yilpinji, Love, Magic and Ceremony, Darwin Entertainment Centre Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory. Yilpinji, Love, Magic and Ceremony, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. commisions 1991 Prof. H Antes, Berlin, commissioned a 7x 3m canvas by fourty two of Yuendumu's artists. The painting forms part of the 1993 European touring exhibition 'Aratjara - Australian Aboriginal Art' curated by Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen Dusseldorf West Germany. 2000 Robert Kaplan and Margaret Levi in collaboration with the Seatle Art Museum commissioned a 6' x 8' painting by Jack Jakamarra Ross, Paddy Japaljarri Sims and Paddy Japaljarri Stewart. This 'Pamapardu Jukurrpa' (Flying Ant Dreaming) comes from a site called Yuwinji. Jack is one of the main kirda (owners) and the Paddy Sims and Paddy Stewart are kurdungurlu (like police) for this story. As part of this commission a video was produced documenting the creation of the painting, the story and various attempts to reach the site. bibliography Artlink Volume 20 No. 1 Reconciliation? Indigenous art for the 21st Century 2000 p. 87. Diggins, L. (ed.) A Myriad of Dreaming Malakoff Fine Art Press, Melbourne 1989 Sutton, P. (ed.) Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia Viking, New York 1988. Warlukurlangu Artists Yuendumu Doors Kuruwarri Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra 1987. Crumlin. R. (ed.) Aboriginal Art And Spirituality. 1991. Morphy, H. 'Aboriginal Art' Phaidon Press Limited, London,1998. Morphy, H. and Boles, M.S. (eds.) 'Art from the land' University of Virginia Press, Virginia, U.S.A., 1999. |
 region Tanami Desert state NT community Yuendumu born c.1940 active 1983- language bloc Ngarrkic language Warlpiri, Anmatyerre art centre Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association Inc medium Screenprint and acrylic paint on canvas, limited edition prints. |
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