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Gracie Morton Pwerle career began in the 1970's. Gracie style is distinctively minimalistic, recognized as one of the World’s best modern state-of-the-art Contemporary abstract work with wonderful lyricism. Gracie Morton is a highly praised Contemporary Australian artist very successful in the World Art Market. The finesse of Gracie work has the physical presence of the much contemporary work of art. Gracie Morton belongs to the family member of Emily Kame Kngwarreye (1910-1996) most renowned Australian artist. Gracie Morton work is represented throughout Australia and around the world. Biography Australian Aboriginal Artists dictionary of biographies.

Gracie Morton Pwerle aka Gracie Morton Pwerl Biography

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Gracie Morton Pwerle career began in the 1970's.

Gracie style is distinctively minimalistic recognized as one of the World’s best modern state-of-the-art Contemporary abstract work with wonderful lyricism.

Gracie Morton is a highly praised Contemporary Australian artist very successful in the World Art Market.

The finesse of Gracie work has the physical presence of the much contemporary work of art.

Gracie Morton belongs to the family member of Emily Kame Kngwarreye (1910-1996) most renowned Australian artist. Gracie Morton work is represented throughout Australia and around the world.

Gracie Morton is an important Australian artist. Biography Australian Aboriginal Artists dictionary of biographies.

Gracie Morton Pwerle (aka Gracie Morton Pwerl) was born circa 1956 in Utopia, Australian Northern Territory, Language Group: Alyawarre.

Gracie mother is sister to Gloria, Kathleen, Violet, Mrytle and Ada Bird Petyarre, all well established artists.

Gracie sisters Mary, Rita and Elizabeth also paint. Gracie Morton is the daughter of artist Myrtle Petyarre.

Gracie Pwerl Morton is one of the senior traditional custodian for both the Altyerre (Dreaming) and the vast expanse of related country, some 263kms north of Alice Springs, Australia. In accordance to traditional law the responsibility for the Bush Plum Dreaming has been passed down to Gracie from her father and her aunt, who are responsible for ensuring that she perseveres its traditions. An Alyawarre woman from Utopia Station, approximately 250km north-east of Alice Springs, Gracie's works are represented in major private collections such as The Robert Holmes a Court Collection in Western Australia. She exhibits regularly in Australia, more recently in a solo show titled 'Mosquito Bore - The Art of the Minimalist' at Ancient Earth Indigenous Art Gallery in Cairns and in a group exhibition at the Alliance Francaise de Canberra and French Embassy in Canberra.

Gracie Pwerle Morton career began in the 1970's with the Utopia Women's Batik Group and on canvas in the late 1980's. Her work has been well received in galleries throughout Australia and around the world.

Gracie works with great strength and dynamism of the Utopian women artists that continues across the generations. Gracie's delicate dotting and colour variation uses an aerial perspective to portray the seasonal changes of the Amwekety - the Bush Plum, a plant of great significance to the women of Gracie's traditional country, Mosquito Bore.

Gracie Morton style of painting is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colors. Her signature theme is the "bush plum" stories known to the Alyawarre as Arnwekety. Gracie work, first featured in the important Robert Holmes à Court Collection, is now in many important private and public collections around the world.

Gracie style of painting is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique, her career began in the 1970's with the Utopia Women's Batik Group and on canvas in the late 1980's

Gracie Pwerl Morton career began in the 1970's with the Utopia Women's Batik Group and on canvas in the late 1980's. Her work has been well received in galleries throughout Australia and around the world. Gracie works with great strength and dynamism of the Utopian women artists that continues across the generations. Gracie's delicate dotting and colour variation uses an aerial perspective to portray the seasonal changes of the Amwekety - the Bush Plum, a plant of great significance to the women of Gracie's traditional country, Mosquito Bore. Gracie Morton style of painting is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colors. Her signature theme is the "bush plum" stories known to the Alyawarre as Arnwekety. Gracie work, first featured in the important Robert Holmes à Court Collection, is now in many important private and public collections around the world.

Gracie's exhibits regularly in Australia, more recently in a solo show titled 'Mosquito Bore - The Art of the Minimalist' at Ancient Earth Indigenous Art Gallery in Cairns and in a group exhibition at the Alliance Francaise de Canberra and French Embassy in Canberra.

Major Exhibitions

2002 Kult(o)urnacht, Aboriginal Art Galerie Baehr, Speyer, Germany.

Bibliography and PUBLICATIONS: Das Verborgene im Sichtbaren. The Unseen in Scene. Aboriginal Art Galerie Bähr, Speyer, ; Utopia - A Picture Story: 88 Works on Silk. The Robert Holmes à Court Collection. Brody, A. (Hrsg.), Aboriginal Cultural Institute Inc., Adelaide 1989 ; Utopia Women's Paintings: The First Works on Canvas. A Summer Project 1988-89. Brody, A. (Hrsg.), Heytesbury Holdings, Perth 1989.

Source & FURTHER REFERENCES

 "Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert - A Biographical Dictionary" by Vivien Johnson, published by Craftsman House 1994

The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture edited by Sylvia Kleinert and Margo Neale published by OUP 2000

Australian Aboriginal Artist Encyclopedia – dictionary of biographies Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004).

Brody, A. 1989 Utopia women’s Paintings: the First Works on Canvas, A summer Project, 1988-89 exhib. Cat. Heytesbury Holdings, Perth Brody, A. 1990 Utopia, a picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Homes a Court Gallery and gallery Collection, Heytesbury Holdings LTD Perth NATSIVAD database.

Gracie Pwerle Morton - Bush Plum

Gracie Morton Pwerle (aka Gracie Morton Pwerl) is one of the senior traditional custodian for both the Altyerre (Dreaming) and the vast expanse of related country, some 263kms north of Alice Springs, Australia.

In accordance to traditional law the responsibility for the Bush Plum Dreaming has been passed down to Gracie from her father and her aunt, who are responsible for ensuring that she perseveres its traditions.

Bush Plum highly nutritious are small fruit with black seeds, rich in vitamin C, that can be eaten raw or cooked. Growing in a great profusion of flower and fruit throughout the winter months, the women, accompanied by the children collect the Bush Plums, while at the same time reconfirming their connection to the land.

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