Brave new wave: desert women painters
A ‘small and unassuming’ Papunya board was the inspiration behind ‘Brave new wave: desert women painters’, I am told by the exhibition’s curators, Celia Dottore and Madeline Reece. Flinders University Museum of Art’s (FUMA) collection of 122 Papunya boards is of national significance, yet one board in particular holds a special position in the collection. This ‘very unique, early’ work was acquired by FUMA from Papunya Tula Artists Inc. in 1980(c. 1971-77) and was painted by Rosie Riley Nakamarra.
