Title

Aboriginal Australian prints, a gift to Singapore Art Museum.

Author

Australian Prints.

Source

[Not applicable]

Details

15/04/2002.

Publication date

15 April 2002

Type

News

Language

English

Countries of context

Australia | Singapore

Full text

Gordon and Marilyn Darling have presented the Singapore Art Museum with Crossroads: The millennium portfolio of Australian Aboriginal prints. The portfolio includes original prints by Johnny Bulunbulun, Robert Cole, Kitty Kantilla, Mick Kubarkku, Queenie McKenzie, Ada Bird Petyarre, Gloria Petyarre, Ginger Riley, Rover Thomas, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, Turkey Tolsen and Judy Watson.

“Aboriginal prints are a new art form, contemporary, affordable and available. We hope that they will prove to be a popular and exciting addition to Singapore Art Museum’s growing permanent collection”, writes Gordon Darling. At the official handover in Singapore on the 12 April, Roger Butler, Senior Curator of Australian Prints at the Australian National Gallery gave an introductory lecture on printmaking by Aboriginal Australians.

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08 Oct 2020