Mountain Devid Lizard | Original painting by Barbara Kngwarreye Long
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Artist: Barbara Kngwarreye Long
Language group: Alyawarre
Country: Soapy Bore, Utopia central Australia
Stock number: EDA-BL2017/21
Size: 90cm x 120cm
Medium: Polymer acrylic on Belgian linen
Stretched: No
Certificate of authenticity: Yes
Story: Barbara Kngwarreye Long is custodian for the mountain devil lizard. She celebrates the lizard when she is participating in the women’s ceremonies each year. Her paintings depict the long and convoluted journey of the lizard as it roams over her country in search of food and sustenance. Her painting is a topographical representation of the patterns of the lizard’s journey across her country.
Profile: Biography
Barbara Long Kngwarreye was one of the first artists that visited Central Art in its earlier days, having heard about us through her family members. Barbara was born in 1958 and comes from Atnangkere country in the region. Central Art has a keen interest in all Utopian artists due to Ada Bird Petyarre (please refer to Ada’s biography for further information).
Barbara is a hobbyist artist and paints for cultural purposes and to share her Dreaming stories. Barbara paints stories associated with her country which include Bush Medicine and the Bush Yam. Barbara also shares her Dreaming which depicts the women’s ceremonial body paint designs.
2018 Suzanne O'Connell Gallery Brisbane QLD
2018 Japingka Aboriginal Art Gallery Fremantle WA
2018 Talapi Gallery Alice Springs NT
2017 Australian Embassy Berlin
2017 Wooloongabba Art Gallery
2017 Counterweave Arts Gallery Rome, Italy
2017 Talapi Desert Soft Light Alice Springs NT
2017 Whistlewood Gallery, Mornington Penninsula VIC
2016 Talapi Desert Colours. Alice Springs, NT
2016 Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs NT
Awards
2018 Finalist in the 40th Alice Art Prize, The Alice Springs Art Foundation, Alice Springs NT
Barbara has participated in a few group exhibitions within Australia. If you were considering purchasing an artwork by Barbara I would encourage you to purchase it because it is aesthetically pleasing to you. Her pieces would not be considered investment pieces rather its value is in the beauty of the work and what joy you receive from observing it.
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