Tjapartji Kanytjuri Bates

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Tjapartji Kanytjuri Bates (c.1933–2015), also spelt Taparti, was an Australian Aboriginal artist based in Warakurna, Wanarn, and Warburton communities in the Gibson Desert. She was of the Ngaanyatjarra people. Known to be active from 1991, her work incorporates media of paint, canvas, glass and felt, and is particularly centred around interpretations of Tjukurrpa from her mother and father.

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Bates was a prolific artist and her work has been shown in over 20 exhibitions, as well as the National Gallery of Victoria and the National Gallery of Australia.

Early life

Bates was born around 1933 in Yinunmaru, [1] [2] in the Gibson Desert. [3] Her name was sometimes spelt Taparti, and she was also known as Kanytjuri. Her skin group was Karimarra. [4]

Career

In the early 1990s, she joined the Warburton Arts Project, which owns the "largest collection of Indigenous art in Australia that is held by Aboriginal people themselves", [5] where she produced her first known work, Kungkarrangkalpa at Wanarn, in 1991. [1] [6]

In the late 1990s, Bates returned to Wanarn and continued to paint. [1] Near the end of her life, she became a resident at the Wanarn Aged Care Facility, which offers a weekly painting program in conjunction with the Warakurna Arts Centre. [7] [8] Her style at this time became looser and more abstract. [8] In addition to work produced through this program, Bates also painted on the materials around her at the facility, including pieces of cardboard and pillowcases. [9]

Themes and style

Bates' art is focused on Tjukurrpa from her mother and father, particularly Kungarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) and Warmarrla Tjukurrpa, [10] and features distinctive styles of "unusual symmetries and circular motifs," [1] as well as "traditional motifs and iconographic forms". [8]

Awards

In 1998, Bates was awarded the Normandy Heritage Art Prize at the National Indigenous Heritage Art Awards, organised by the Australian Heritage Commission. Her winning work was a large slump glass panel. [11] [4]

Exhibitions

Bates' works were displayed posthumously as part of Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters , a collaborative exhibition between senior custodians of Aboriginal lands in the Central and Western deserts and the National Museum of Australia, among other partners. Bates' work in the exhibition (which ran from September 2017 to February 2018 at the NMA) [12] illustrates and interprets Seven Sisters songlines. [1] The exhibition continues to tour internationally, until 2024/5 and has been shown in Plymouth, UK; Berlin, Germany; and is still to be shown in Paris, France.[ when? ][ citation needed ]

The following is a list of other exhibitions of Bates' works. [10] [ better source needed ]

YearExhibit
1998 National Indigenous Heritage Art Award, The Art of Place exhibition
2004Colour Power: Aboriginal Art post 1984, National Gallery of Victoria
2006Pukurlpatulatju Palyara Pirrtja: 'We Are Happy to Make Painting', Randell Lane Fine Arts, Perth

Rawa-latju Nintirringkulatjaku,: 'Knowing is the Future', Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

Desert Mob, Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs

Tjukurrpa Tjarralatju Palyara Mularapa: 'We Paint Really Strong Stories', Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney

2007Tjukurrpa Mularrpa Waylkumunu Pirni: 'Lots of Good True Stories', Randell Lane Fine Arts, Perth

Kutju-One, Western Desert Mob, Ngaanyatjarra Lands Regional Exhibition, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth

Desert Mob, Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs

Palyaralatju Pirrtja Puru Tjanpi Tjarra Puli Yuliyala: 'We are Making Paintings and Tjanpi in Puli Yuliya', New Paintings and Weavings from Warakurna Artists and Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

Tjukurtjalatju Palyarra: 'We are Painting our Stories', Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney

2008Watilu Minymalu Kulira Watjarra Tjukurrpa Purlkanya Mularrpa: 'Men and Women Know and Speak of Their Profound Knowledge', Randell Lane Fine Arts, Perth

Kaparli Tjamu Nintipungku: 'This is the Deep Knowledge Our Old People Gave Us", Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

Desert Mob, Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs

Warakurna Artists and wanarn Aged Care Paintings, Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney

2009Printingpa Ngaanya Yanku Kayili: 'Warakurna Paintings Travelling North', Outstation Gallery, Darwin

Desert Mob, Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs

Warakurna Artists Group Exhibition, Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney

2010Tjukurrpa Pulkatjara – The Power of the Law, South Australian Museum

Warakurna Artists and Tjanpi Desert Weavers Exhibition, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA

2012One Song Different Tune, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA
2017-2018Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT; subsequently touring internationally

Collections

Bates' work is also a part of the National Gallery of Victoria Collection, [13] the Marshall Collection, the Merenda Collection, the Lagerberg-Swift Collection, [10] the National Gallery of Australia Collection, [14] the Harriet and Richard England Collection, the Lepley Collection and the W. & V. McGeoch Collection. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Artworks: Tjapartji Kanytjuri Bates". National Museum of Australia. 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters: Artists". National Museum of Australia . Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Tjapartji Kanytjuri Bates". Buzz Art. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Tradition and Transformation: Indigenous Art in the NGV Collection". National Gallery of Victoria . Archived from the original on 17 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Home | Warburton Arts Project". www.warburtonarts.com. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Brooks, David; Jorgensen, Darren (2015). Wanarn Painters of Place and Time: Old Age Travels in the Tjukurrpa. Government Printing Office. p. 48. ISBN   9781742585536.
  7. ↑ weekly painting program
  8. 1 2 3 Kneebone, Sue (16 May 2017). "An Ageless Vision: Ngaanyatjarra Late-Life Art and Country". Cultural Studies Review. 23 (1): 171–4. doi: 10.5130/csr.v23i1.5501 . ISSN   1837-8692.
  9. ↑ "Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters". Artlink Magazine. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Tjapartji Kanytjuri Bates". Short Street Gallery. Retrieved 27 March 2018.[ dead link ]
  11. ↑ "Taparti Bates". U.S. Department of State – Art in Embassies. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "About". National Museum of Australia . Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  13. ↑ "Tradition and Transformation: Indigenous Art in the NGV Collection". National Gallery of Victoria . Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "Tjapartji Bates". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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