{"product_id":"willie-riley-jabanunka-aboriginal-culture","title":"WILLIE RILEY JABANUNKA - Aboriginal Culture","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWILLIE RILEY JABANUNKA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: ABORIGINAL CULTURE \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e73CM X 91CM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWILLIE HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF WILLIE WITH HIS PAINTING IS PROVIDED.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#WRJ295\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDOB: c1972 Mt Theo. Puturlu \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Willie Japanangka Reilly, William Jabanunga\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Warlpiri\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreaming’s: Bush Tucker, Bush Tomato, Snake\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWillie 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHowever, 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWillie is considered to be one of the pioneers who contributed to the spread of painting across the Western Desert, specifically to Willowra.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Willie and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WILLIE RILEY JABANUNKA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41609486663725,"sku":"WRJ295","price":1150.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/WRJ295_49c24e4d-7303-49b8-b8d5-478011787499.jpg?v=1680568374","url":"https:\/\/altyerre.com.au\/products\/willie-riley-jabanunka-aboriginal-culture","provider":"Altyerre Aboriginal Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}