Aboriginal artwork on display in National Museum of Australia
A unique exhibition of western desert Aboriginal artwork from the Papunya art movement went on display at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra in the last week of November. During the 1970s and early 1980s artists in the Northern Territory community of Papunya created a collection of works that improved the understanding of aboriginal art worldwide.
Dot painting became popular during the Papunya Tula art movement, bringing together themes of land and people through vibrant colours. The new exhibition