Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (* 1932 in Napperby Station near Alice Springs , † June 21, 2002 in Alice Springs) was an Australian painter. He was one of the most recognized and successful artists of modern Aboriginal painting from the Aboriginal artist community Papunya Tula in the western desert region . His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and collections in Australia and around the world.
Life
Little is known about his life. His father was Gwoya Jungarai , the most famous face of an Aboriginal in Australia as it is depicted on two Australian currency coins. His two sisters, Gabriella Possum Nungurayyi and Michelle Possum Nungurayyi, who like him were well-known artists, and the artist community of Papunya initially disagreed about his burial place and that is why he was buried in Yuelamu a few weeks after his death.
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Clifford Possum lived in Papunya in the Northern Territory in the Western Desert region and he was the first to develop the style of dot painting, which he carried out in acrylic. The painting style was promoted by the young school teacher Geoffrey Bardon , who came to Papunya in the early 1970s and asked the Aborigines to reflect their dream-time stories in their painting and performing arts. Clifford Possum became the pre-eminent artistic personality of this new painting school called Papunya Tula in Australia .
Like Albert Namatjira before him, Tjapaltjarri paved the way for more Aboriginal painters and made Aboriginal art known worldwide not only as a traditional art movement, but as a new art style.
Clifford Possum died in Alice Springs at the age of about 70 and after his death his work achieved the highest growth rates in the art market. His work, which first sold for 1,200, fetched 2,500,000 Australian dollars at Sotheby’s auction . That was more than double what any Aboriginal artwork had ever achieved. The day after the auction, it became known that the National Gallery of Australia had bought the work on behalf of the government, as the government wanted to prevent it from being lost overseas.
Web links
- Retrospective of the years 1972 to 1982 by Clifford Possum in the National Gallery of Victoria ( Memento of July 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- 2004 Clifford Possum retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Clifford Possum - Interview with Aboriginal artist Malcolm Jagamarra
- Portrait of Clifford Possum (1989)
- No two ways about it: on the Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri retrospective (2005)
- Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri | Exhibitions on artist-info.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tjapaltjarri finally allowed to rest in peace, 7:30 am Report (ABC TV), July 25, 2002 ( memento of the original from January 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Art Gallery of New South Wales
- ↑ Indigenous artwork tipped to sell for $ 2.5m, ABC News online
- ↑ National Gallery bought dot painting ( Memento from June 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clifford Possum, Tjapaltjarri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alice Springs , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 2002 |
| Place of death | Alice Springs , Australia |