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Beyond the dots – Warakurna redefines Western Desert painting

An emerging art movement in the Western Desert is the focus of a new exhibition at the South Australian Museum.

9 Sep 2014

Gina Fairley

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Camel Cull (2012) by Eunice Yunurupa Porter; courtesy Warakurna Artists, collection of the National Museum of Australia.

Warakurna is the name of the community in the Western Desert that has caught the eye of curators at the South Australia Museum.

Located at the foot of the Rawlinson Rangers in Western Australia, some 300 kilometers west of Uluru (Ayres Rock), these paintings were produced at a thriving art centre in the heart of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina