Papunya

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A Place Made After the Story

By Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon

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Papunya by Geoffrey and James Bardon provides a profound exploration of the Papunya art movement, highlighting the vibrant and transformative impact of Aboriginal art. The book delves into the collaboration between Geoffrey Bardon and Indigenous artists, capturing the rich cultural narratives that underpin the unique Papunya style. Through a compelling mix of visual and written storytelling, it celebrates the merging of tradition with artistic expression in the Australian desert community.
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You might enjoy this book if you have an interest in Australian Indigenous art and culture, as it offers a fascinating exploration of the Papunya Tula art movement. With insights from Geoffrey Bardon, who was instrumental in its development, the book provides a unique perspective on the artistic expression and cultural storytelling of the Western Desert people.

Papunya

The publication of this material is an unprecedented achievement. Geoffrey Bardon's exquisitely recorded notes and drawings reproduced here document the early stages in this important art group. This landmark book features more than five hundred paintings, drawings and photographs from Bardon's personal archive.

A stunning new edition of the art classic

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A stunning new edition of the art classic.

Papunya - A Place Made After the Story is a first-hand account of the Papunya Tula artists and their internationally significant works emanating from the central Western Desert.

This momentous movement began in 1971 when Geoffrey Bardon, a hopeful young art teacher, drove the long lonely road from Alice Springs to the settlement at Papunya in the Northern Territory. He left only eighteen months later, defeated by hostile white authority, but a lasting legacy was the emergence of the Western Desert painting style.

It started as an exercise to encourage local children to record their sand patterns and games, and grew to include tribal men and elders painting depictions of their ceremonial lives onto scraps of discarded building materials. With Bardon's support, they preserved their traditional Dreamings and stories in paint. The artistic energy unleashed at Papunya spread through Central Australia to achieve international acclaim. These works are now regarded as some of Australia's most treasured cultural, historical and artistic items.

The publication of this material is an unprecedented achievement. Bardon's exquisitely recorded notes and drawings reproduced here document the early stages in this important art group. This landmark book features more than five hundred paintings, drawings and photographs from Bardon's personal archive. It tells the story of the catalyst for a powerfully modern expression of an ancient indigenous way of seeing the world.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780522873900

Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 October 2018

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Miegunyah Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 42.0mm

Width: 255.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 3010g

Pages: 552

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About the Author

Geoffrey Robert Bardon was born in Sydney in 1940. He was educated at the University of Sydney, where he studied law for three years, and the National Art School, Sydney, where for four years he studied art education before graduating in 1966. He taught art at various New South Wales regional high schools before taking up a posting to Papunya in the Northern Territory in 1971. He worked closely with the Indigenous painters who became the founders of the Papunya Tula painting movement from 1971 to 1973 and devoted many years after this to documenting and promoting the art he so admired. He made three documentary films- The Richer Hours (1971), A Calendar of Dreamings (1976) and Mick and the Moon (1978). He has two previous publications- Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert (1979) and Papunya Tula- Art of the Western Desert (1991). Geoffrey Bardon was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1988 for service to the preservation and development of traditional Indigenous art forms. He died in May 2003 before the first edition of this book was published. He is survived by his wife Dorn and two sons, James and Michael. James Bardon is the older brother of Geoffrey Bardon. After Geoffrey's death he helped realise this, Geoffrey's last book. He was a practicing solicitor in New South Wales and author of the prize-winning novel Revolution by Night (1991). James Bardon has been associated with his brother and Western Desert art for many years; he was the producer of A Calendar of Dreamings and the co-writer of Mick and the Moon.