Focused on contemporary Indigenous Australian art, their collection features works from mid-1980s onward. With an emphasis on "Desert Painters" from Central and Western Australia, it includes artists such as Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, and Makinti Napanangka.
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The collection includes works by some of the most significant Aboriginal artists, such as:
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Makinti Napanangka
Yukultji Napangati
Naata Nungurrayi
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri
Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri
Tjumpo Tjapanangka
George Tjungurrayi
Willy Tjungurrayi -
Louise Neri talks with Martin about his collecting passion, and about an exhibition that presents works from their collection along with a key loan from the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia. Their conversation is followed by commentary on these works by Martin’s friend Fred Myers, a longtime aficionado of the Desert artists.
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