Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri - Artist Info

About Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri

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Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjari
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    The following review is from The New York Times Arts Section, September 18,2015

    "An Aboriginal Artist's Dizzying New York Moment"

    For at least the last century, it has always been a momentous occasion: An artist from the hinterlands arrives in New York for the first time, hoping for what the writer Willie Morris called “the tender security of fulfillment.” But for the painter Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, things were a little different.

    First, Mr. Tjapaltjarri, who is believed to be in his late 50s, has had an international following for several years, and currently has pieces in a show traveling the United States. Second, Mr. Tjapaltjarri’s hinterlands are a lot more hinter than most. Until he was in his 20s, he and his ...

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