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    Country and Celebrity

    Jan 01, 2022 3 minutes
    WRITER Timmah Ball

    An effervescent burst of celebrities and pop iconography flourish in Kaylene Whiskey’s paintings. Her exuberant love of famous subjects, which include Dolly Parton, Cher, David Bowie, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, Wonder Woman and President Obama, are vividly expressed in distinct comic book style. A unique talent for capturing mainstream culture’s most recognisable personalities is turning the Pitjantjatjara artist from the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of South Australia into a celebrity of her own making.

    With flair and vibrancy, Whiskey’s multicoloured canvases bring a Pop Art aesthetic to the Yankunytjatjara, Southern Desert region. The

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