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Lindsay Bird, Bush Plum Dreaming
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Lindsay Bird Mpetyane
This painting was purchased in 2002 at a reputable art gallery in Alice Springs.
Born: c. 1935 Ungoola (Bushy Park Station)
Country: Ilkawerne, Utopia Region
Lives: Mulga Bore, 300 kms N.E. of Alice Springs, N.T.
Language Group: Anmatyerre
Art Title: Bush Plum Dreaming
As a young man Lindsay was a stockman, mustering sheep and driving cattle. He married and had three children who all inherited their father's artistic talent. Lindsay is Ada Bird's brother-in-law and Greeny Petyarre's cousin.
Lindsay Bird Mpetyane's Aboriginal name is Artola Art Nanaka Yunga Areteca. He lives together with his wife Mavis Petyarre, also an artist, and his three daughters Rosie, Jessie and Karen Bird in the Utopia area. Lindsay is an important tribal leader in the Utopia District and is the headman at Mulga Bore Outstation. As one of the few male participants, Lindsay was involved in the famous batik project at Utopia, the artworks of which toured Australia and overseas from 1977 to 1987.
Lindsay first painted on canvas in the late 1980’s, demonstrating his talent in Summer Project; the First Works on Canvas.
Lindsay Bird Mpetyane was instrumental in making acrylic paintings more important at Utopia. His artworks are characterised by great precision and fine colour combinations. After Emily Kame Kngwarreye, he was one of the first Aboriginal artists to have solo exhibitions.
Lindsay's paintings are both iconic and linear. He uses traditional symbols with background dotting of ochre yellow, red, black and white, or paints his Spear Straightening paintings with straight lines. He is also known for under painting the canvas usually in grey or ochre making his paintings quite distinct.
Themes
Lindsay Bird, as a senior law man, can depict different themes of men's law in his paintings. One of the main themes in his paintings is the sacred ceremonial sites that are used for Aboriginal men's business. These sites are protected by various spirits or guardians that keep away everything that has no right to be near the site. These special places are known to Lindsay through his Snake Dreaming where two snakes grew up together and travelled the land marking important places such as Elgoanna. Often Lindsay depicts these sites using a circular design surrounded by a series of men's hunting weapons which represent the guardian spirits.
Honey Ant Dreaming, Utnea (Carpet Snake) Dreaming, Elcudjera (Prickle) Dreaming, Ahakeye (Bush Plum) Dreaming, Ntang Artitja (Mulga Seed) Dreaming, Tyankern (Mulga Berry from mistletoe growing on Mulge Tree) Dreaming, Spear Straightening, Arlkeny (men's body paint designs), Dreaming, other Men's Stories/Dreaming
Exhibitions (selection)
2003 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs
1999, 2000, 2002 Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne
1999 "Spirit Country" Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, U.S.A
1998/99 Mbantua Art Gallery Alice Springs
1998 Dreamings Exhibitions, Vlaams - Europeesch Brussels, Belgium
1998 Dreamings Exhibitions, Spazio Pitti Arte Florence, Italy
1994 Central Australian Aboriginal Art & Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre Alice Springs
1993 Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1992 (series of canvases) touring Italy and Japan
1991 Flash Pictures, National Gallery of Australia
1991 Aboriginal Art and Spirituality, High Court Canberra
1991 The 8th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin
1991 Flash Pictures, National Gallery of Australia
1991 Utopia Art Sydney
1990 "Utopia - A Picture Story" - travelling exhibition Dublin, Cork, Limerick, U.K.
1990 Third Eye Center Glasgow, UK
1989 Syme, Dodson Gallery Sydney
1989 (first solo exhibition) Utopia Arts, Sydney
1988 The 5th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin
1988 The 5th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin
The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth
The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
Museum of Victoria
High Court Canberra
Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
The CAAMA collection
Federal Airport Collection
Kluge Collection, USA
Artbank.
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