Abie Jangala Born: 1919 c. Died: 27 August 2002 Active: 1985-2002 State: NT Region: Tanami Desert Community: Lajamanu Art centre: Warnayaka Art Centre Language: Warlpiri Social Affiliation: Jangala subsection group Subjects: water, rain, clouds, thunder Medium: Chromacryl students
Collections:
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth.
The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, U.S.A.
Exhibitions:
Individual Exhibitions:
1993, Abie Jungala - Boss of the Water - Rain - Clouds and Thunder Dreaming,
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney, NSW;
Group Exhibitions:
1983, D'un autre continent: l'Australie le reve et le reel, ARC, Museum of
Modern Art, Paris, France;
1987, Australian Made, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW;
1989, Lajamanu Painters, Dreamtime Gallery, Perth, WA;
1989, Mythscapes, Aboriginal Art of the Desert, National Gallery of Victoria;
1990, Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection,
Harvard University, University of Minnesota, Lake Oswego Center for the Arts,
United States of America;
1991, Aboriginal Art and Spirituality, High Court, Canberra;
1991, Flash Pictures, National Gallery of Australia;
1991, Yapa, Peintres Aborigenes de Balgo et Lajamanu, Baudoin Lebon Gallery, Paris;
1992, Crossroads-Towards a New Reality, Aboriginal Art from Australia, National
Museums of Modern Art, Kyoto and Tokyo;
1993, Tjukurrpa, Desert Dreamings, Aboriginal Art from Central Australia
(1971-1993), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA;
1993, The Tenth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery
of the Northern Territory, Darwin;
1995, Stories, Eine Reise zu den grossen Dingen, touring, Sprengel Museum Hannover,
Museum fur Volkerkunde Leipzig, Haus der Kulteren der Welt Berlin, Ludwig-Forum
fur Internationale Kunst Aachen;
Select Bibliography:
Brody, A., Krempel, U., Bahr, E., (eds.), 1995, Stories, Eine Reise zu den grossen Dingen,
exhib. cat., Landeshauptstadt Hannover Der Oberstadtdirektor Sprengel Museum Hannover and Autoren.
Monty, S., 1990, 'Abie Jangala,' Special Double Issue Artlink 10(1&2), 15. (C)
Caruana, W., 1993, Aboriginal Art, Thames and Hudson, London. (C)
Crumlin, R., (ed.), 1991, Aboriginal Art and Spirituality, Collins Dove, North Blackburn, Victoria. (C)
Glowczewski, B., 1991, Yapa, Peintres Aborigenes de Balgo et Lajamanu, Lebon Gallery, Paris ;
Johnson, V,. 1994, The Dictionary of Western Desert Artists, Craftsman House
NT Department of Education, 1985, Stories from Lajamanu
Ryan, J., 1989, Mythscapes Aboriginal Art of the Desert from the National Gallery of Victoria, exhib. cat., National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. (C)
Ryan, J, 1990, Paint up Big, Warlpiri Women's Art of Lajamanu, National Gallery of Victoria.
Wallace, D., Desmond, M., Caruana, W., 1991, Flash Pictures, exhib. cat., National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
1990, Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, exhib. cat.
Heytesbury Holdings Ltd., Perth.
1993, Tjukurrpa Desert Dreamings, Aboriginal Art from Central Australia (1971-1993), exhib. cat.,
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. (C)
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