Margaret Turner Petyarre
Margaret Turner Petyarre born in c.1945 worked in batik then commenced painting with acrylic on canvas. In her depictions of traditional stories, she has moved from the fine dotting technique employed in her batik work to realist elements and now has reduced the iconographic elements to a minimalist use of dots.
Sadly Margaret Turner Petyarre passed away on the 28th July 2008.
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Collections:
- Ebes Collections
Exhibitions:
- 1996, "Nangara", Stichting Sint-Jan, Brugge, The Netherlands
Source: Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004)
Artist: Margaret Turner Petyarre
Skin Name: Petyarre
Language: Anmatyerre
Region: Utopia
Vendor: Central Art
Dreaming: Awelye (women ceremonial body paint designs)
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