Author: Takashi

Emily Kame Kngwarreye 1910?-1996) is a small village on the edge of Australia's central desert.、born as an aboriginal。I have hardly received any so-called Western-style education.、aboriginal traditions、grew up within the rules、I never left there。

As part of an Australian Government education project、Arts and crafts programs started nearby、Emily joined it when she was almost 80 years old.。At first I learned batik (a type of dyeing).、2About a year later, I took an art class.、There he experienced painting on canvas for the first time.。Until then, I had no knowledge or experience of (Western) painting.、I've never even held a paintbrush。

At the end of the program, an exhibition was held by the participants.、Emily's painting attracts attention there.。1~ Within two years, I was invited to participate in world-class exhibitions of contemporary paintings.、Become Australia's leading writer。From the moment you touch a painting、Only 5-6 years until death、It has come to occupy a special place in the world's contemporary paintings.。

To herself, such glory meant little.、still living in the desert、Praying for the yam harvest while feeling the surrounding nature、eat it、sing a song of gratitude、dance。You can also apply paint to the canvas、It has become such a natural part of life.、has her own meaning。Rather than having my paintings sold for hundreds of millions of yen each.、Thinking about the spirits of yams and the earth、Another way to dedicate songs and dances to that、What I acquired in the form of a picture、became valuable to her。If you calculate it, it's almost 1 piece per day.、like washing your face every morning、Apparently he was drawing like he was taking a nap.、3000a picture。Two years after Emily died, I、I saw the big exhibition。