15 Bytes: "Aboriginal Art from the Kluge-Ruhe Collection Brings Desert Vibrations to the BYU MoA"

MICK NAMARARI TJAPALTJARRI, 'Mitukatjirri', 1971–72, Synthetic polymer paint on composition board. 25 ¼ × 18 ¼ in. (64 × 46 cm), Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. Gift of John W. Kluge, 1997, 1991.0021.021, © the artist’s estate and licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd. Photograph by Neil Greentree

"Memories and dreams, ceremonies and dancing, family and community—all are reflected in the BYU Museum of Art’s Irrititja Kuwarri Tjungu (Past and Present Together), where stories are told in meandering pathways of paint and pattern. Curated from the collection of the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia as well as a handful of private collections (including actor Steve Martin and his wife Anne Stringfield), the exhibition explores the history and impact of Papunya Tula Artists, Australia’s first Aboriginal-owned art company established in 1972. For more than 50 years, these artists have told the stories of their ancestors simultaneous to sharing the lives and dreams of their contemporary communities in Australia’s vast desert..."

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