Lindsay BIRD MPETYANE - Wild Plum Dreaming (Panel 3)
ADG: 1870
DescriptionWild Plum Dreaming (Panel 3), 1998
190 x 67cm
Lindsay BIRD MPETYANE - Biography
Born c.1935
Language Eastern Anmatyerre
Country Ilkawerne
Region Akaye Soakage- Mulga Bore Outstation, Utopia, NT
Medium Acrylic on Canvas/Linen
Subjects Honey Ants, Various snakes including Utnea- Lindsay’s major snake story, Elcudjera prickle, Bush Plum, Mulga Seed, Bloodwood and Spear Straightening
Lindsay BIRD MPETYANE is an important elder in the Utopia community and is the head man at Mulga Bore Outstation. He is married to Mavis Petyarre, and they have three daughters, Rosie, Jessie and Karen.
Lindsay was the only male to participate in the silk batik project in the Robert Holmes a Court collection. Lindsay began painting in 1987 with a number of men including Louie Pwerle, Paddy Ngale and Billy Petyarre.
Lindsay’s paintings are both iconic and linear. He uses the concentric circles and parallel lines with background dotting of ochre colours- yellow, red, black and white, and paints his Spear Straightening paintings with straight lines. He is also known for painting on a grey background. His paintings are in major public and private collections nationally and internationally.
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth
Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, SA
The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
Artbank
Solo Exhibitions
1989 Syme –Dodson Gallery, Sydney
1991 Utopia Art, Sydney
2002 Anmatyerre Men, World Vision Gallery, Sydney
Group Exhibitions
1988 The Fifth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1990 Utopia: A Picture Story, an exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection which toured Eire and Scotland
1990 Tagari Lia, My Family, Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1990- Australia, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, UK
1990 Contemporary Art from the Robert Holmes a court Collection, Harvard University of Minnesota, Lake Oswego Center for Arts, USA
1991 Aboriginal Art and Spirituality, High Court, Canberra
1991 Eighth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
1991 Flash Pictures, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1994 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
1998 Dreamings Exhibition, Vlaams-Europeesch, Brussels Belgium
1998 Dreamings Exhibition, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence, Italy
1998 Art Gallery Kunsthuys, The Netherlands
1999 Artists of Utopia, Tandanya, SA
2001 Young Presidents Organization University, Westin Hotel, Pitt Street, Sydney
2002 Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2002 The Cove Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
2002 Urban Wine Works, Portland, Oregon, USA
2002 Mary's Woods, Portland, Oregon, USA
2002 New City Merchants, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
2003 Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2003 The Cove Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
2003 Mary's Woods, Portland, Oregon, USA
2003 Art from the Dreamtime, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA Research Centre
2004 USA exhibition; Portland, Nashville, Knoxville, Hartford, Greenwich, New York and Philadelphia
Bibliography
Brody, A. 1990, Utopia: a Picture Story, 88 silk Batiks from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection.
Johnson, V. 1994, Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert, A Biographical Dictionary.
Isaacs Jennifer. Spirit Country, Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art, Hardie Grant Books, 1999