PAPUNYA TJUPI ARTISTS | USA 2020
This 2020 winter season we are thrilled to welcome in their debut USA exhibition, Papunya Tjupi Artists.
Located in the Honey Ant Hills in the heart of the Central desert, 240 km north-west of Alice Springs, lies the Papunya Tjupi art center. Representing many artists who are descendents from the original Papunya movement of the 1970s, Tjupi Arts is a recent organisation formed in 2007 to provide an additional cultural network and socio-economic benefits for communities in this region .
The art centre currently services close to 150 artists from Papunya and surrounding outstations, with a recent influx of emerging male artists following the construction of a purpose built Men’s Studio in 2019. Known for their strong line-work and innovation, Papunya Tjupi artists develop new ways to tell the old stories, with a diverse color palette, large-scale canvasses and originality. Central to Papunya Tjupi is the understanding that painting is an important part of culture and connection to country, and that the teaching and passing of knowledge is what keeps the community’s future strong. The Papunya Tjupi artists are a proud people who openly share their art, and feature in public and private collections nationally and abroad.
Papunya Tjupi artists are represented in many national and international collections.
On view Feb-March 2020 in Sun Valley.
