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WILLIE RILEY JABANUNKA - Aboriginal Culture

WILLIE RILEY JABANUNKA - Aboriginal Culture

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WILLIE RILEY JABANUNKA

TITLE: ABORIGINAL CULTURE 
 
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
73CM X 91CM
WILLIE HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF WILLIE WITH HIS PAINTING IS PROVIDED.
 
REF#WRJ295
 
 
DOB: c1972 Mt Theo. Puturlu
Known as: Willie Japanangka Reilly, William Jabanunga
Language: Warlpiri
Dreaming’s: Bush Tucker, Bush Tomato, Snake
 
  

Willie and his family lived in the community of Willowra. He started painting on weapons like boomerangs, and when painting on canvas became available in the late 1980s he took up the art along with other men and women in the. He also created paintings for the children at Willowra school to learn about their Dreamings.  His nephew, Malcom Jakamarra, an acclaimed artist, recalls seeing him paint on canvas in the early 80s which was one of the first instances of canvas painting in the Willowra community.

However, Willies involvement in the art movement goes back even further to 1972 when a painting under his name was sold by Papunya Tula Artists and is now in the Kelton Foundation collection which is a privately owned art collection that is recognised as one of the world’s most significant collections of Australian Aboriginal Art.

Willie is considered to be one of the pioneers who contributed to the spread of painting across the Western Desert, specifically to Willowra.

His beautiful dot art paintings incoroporate iconography and realistic depictions of various bush tucker. Along the top of this painting is bush tomato in various stages of growth and down the bottom is bush banana and various berries in the middle.

 

This painting was purchased directly from Willie and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.



Authenticity

Authenticity
Altyerre Aboriginal Art provides its customers with a profile of the artist for every piece of artwork sold. This profile records information that Altyerre Aboriginal Art has gathered on the artist and general information on the stories that the artist paints. Altyerre Aboriginal Art encourages its artists to sign each piece of artwork either with a signature or a cross (some older artists cannot write their name).

Certificate of Authenticity
An artist profile and information on the story being painted is also provided and wherever possible, a photo of the artist holding the painting is included if possible. The certificate is comprised of the following details about the painting:
~ Catalogue No – A unique number assigned to each individual artwork
~ Size
~ Medium
~ Date the artwork was created (this may be an approximate date for our much older pieces)
~ Artist’s name
~ Artist’s Language Group
~ Artist’s Country
~ Title/Story of Artwork
~ Description of the artwork’s story as told by the artist where possible
~ Signature of the Altyerre Aboriginal Art owner

Each Certificate of Authenticity is printed onto Altyerre Aboriginal Art letterhead and provides exceptional provenance for each artwork.

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