Bush Football
Dinny Kemarre Kunoth
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About Artwork
Code: EDA-DK3127/24
Artist: Dinny Kemarre Kunoth
Region: Apungalingum, Utopia
Medium: Polymer acrylic on Belgian linen
Size: 60cm x 90cm
Artist Information
Dinny's naive paintings of outback football and horse racing depict vibrant images of the passions of the local Alyawarre in their homelands in central Australia. The annual Harts Range Races is a three day sports weekend held at Atitjere north east of Alice Springs. His paintings of this bush race meeting are cleverly illustrated with every type of truck, car, spectators of all ages and colour, dogs and other quirky touches. His paintings are lively, funny and colourful.
One of Kunoth’s great passions is bush footy which is a take on Australian rules football. At Utopia, each community/outstation imitates and adopts an AFL team. The community AFL teams are named after and wear the uniform/colours of the AFL’s teams. Some of the local teams include the Soapy Bore Crows, Irrultja Port Power, Apungalingum Eagles, the Mulga Bore Magpies, Arlparra Dockers and Arnkawenyerr Swans. Across Central Australia, Indigenous players and their families see bush footy as an opportunity to connect with their neighbours and their relatives in other towns. It’s like a religion for the locals. Kunoth’s passion is evident in his portrayals of the game’s recording of minuscule quirky details.
Exhibitions celebrating these paintings have been held in exhibitions in Melbourne and at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Collections:
Art Gallery of South Australia
Artbank, Australia
Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia, WA
Gold Coast City Art Collection, QLD
City of Perth Collection, Perth, WA
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, WA
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Eastern Desert Art is a member of the Indigenous Art Code of Conduct and the Aboriginal Art Association of Australia and sells directly to collectors and galleries nationally and internationally.
To demonstrate provenance, artworks are sold with an Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct Certificate. These Certificates provide the purchaser with information on the artist, the story of their painting (when permitted by the artist under cultural law) and photographs of the artists with their paintings. The artworks are painted on prepared Belgian linen using polymer acrylics.
The local Alyawarre and Anmatyerre artists prepare and work on their paintings at the Eastern Desert art shed located on our property adjacent to Utopia.
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