Context (CMS Context)
Susie Bootja Bootja (1935-2003) was one of the earliest and most prominent painters of Walayiriti Artists, the Balgo Hills arts group that emerged to great acclaim in the 1980s. She was known for exuberant paintings combining traditional and western iconography and for an inventive personal style that shifted from year to year. This print features her country - not the empty desert the landscape might appear to be, from a European perspective - but land featuring waterholes, campsites and human life.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (CMS Context)
Presented by The Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. An acquisition project to build a collection of modern and contemporary work on paper from Australia, Canada and South Africa was undertaken over 2011-13 with the support of a grant under The Art Fund's RENEW programme. The collection was developed with the expert advice and generous assistance of Annie Coombes and Norman Vorano in relation to South African and Inuit artists respectively. Khadija Carroll, Anita Herle and Diana Wood Conroy also contributed to the selection process. Obtained from Australian Print Workshop, 210 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065, Australia. Acquired on 30 July 2013. Arrived on 8/8/2013.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Etching, untitled, edition 24/40. Original limited edition work on paper, signed by the artist. Condition: Good.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: maa