Kudditji
Tjungurrayi Kngwarreye
Anmatyerre (born ca. 1928)
My Country, 2006
synthetic polymer paint on linen
118 x 88cm
signed verso
PROVENENCE
Painted in Alice Springs, 2006
Aboriginal Modern Art Gallery of Australia (AMAGOA), Melbourne, cat.no.AMAG/K19805;
accompanied by original certificate of authenticity, and colour photographs
of the artist with, and signing, the work
Private Collection, Melbourne
Documentation reads
The painting represents Kudditji’s interpretation of the changing
colours and formations of his ancestral desert homeland. Bearing a similarity
to his sister Emily’s work, Kudditji’s loose abstract forms
show a rich blend of colours in patchwork formations portraying an aerial
view of the vastness of his custodian lands. Kudditji is a custodian for
ceremonial sites located in his country of Utopia.