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Bush Bean Ceremonyby William SandyThis artwork represents a ceremony performed by Aboriginal people in honour of the importance and significance of bush foods to desert survival. The ceremonial site is called Kaanpi and is located in the north west corner of South Australia. The bush bean grows in the region of Kaanpi. The dotting is topographical representation of the spinifex and sand-hill country typical of the Kaanpi area.. The dotted red lines symbolise the bush bean. This work was created in 1994. |
ArtistWilliam Sandy was born c.1944 near Ernabella in South Australia. William Sandy started to paint in 1975. From the early 1980s, he began painting for the Papunya Tula Artists. William Sandy has lived in Areyonga and Haasts Bluff and since 1973 at Papunya in central Australia. William moved to Papunya in 1973 and two years later did his first painting for Papunya Tula Artists, after teaching himself to paint by watching the older artists. At Papunya he married Violet Nakamarra, the sister of Michael Nelson Jagamarra, who is also a well know Aboriginal artist. William Sandy was the first of the Pitjantjatjara involved in the contemporary art movement. From the early 1980s, he began painting for the Papunya Tula Artists. William Sandy is also a very knowledgeable, traditional medicine man. |
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