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William Sandy B.1944

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William Sandy is a renowned Australian Aboriginal artist, a senior elder and a knowledgeable traditional medicine man. Sandy began painting in 1975 for Papunya Tula Artists initially named Warumpi Arts operated fully by Aboriginal artists from the Western Desert.

William Sandy work is held in collections  around the world including Kelton Foundation USA, Donald Kahn USA, John Weber Gallery New York, Museo Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo Mexico, Grand Hyatt London, Isaacs Art Center Museum Gallery Toronto, Lowe Art Museum Miami, University of Miami, Embassy of Australia Washington, Grand Hyatt Jakarta, Groninger Museum Holland, Oxford University England, National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Museum Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Art Gallery of South Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery NSW, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, University of Queensland Australia, Araluen Art Centre Northern Territory.

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Click to Enlarge: William Sandy, Bush Bean Ceremony 2001, Synthetic polymer on Belgian linen, 155 x 155 cm

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Bush Bean Ceremony 2001 masterwork
Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
155 x 155 cm

Provenance:
Warumpi Arts
 

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Click to Enlarge: Willliam Sandy, Bush Bean Ceremony 2001 (triptych), Synthetic polymer on Belgian linen, 122 x 42 cm, Framed Size: 162 x 82 cm (each) Click to Enlarge: Willliam Sandy, Bush Bean Ceremony 2001 (triptych), Synthetic polymer on Belgian linen, 122 x 42 cm, Framed Size: 162 x 82 cm (each) Click to Enlarge: Willliam Sandy, Bush Bean Ceremony 2001 (triptych), Synthetic polymer on Belgian linen, 122 x 42 cm, Framed Size: 162 x 82 cm (each)

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Bush Bean 2001 (triptych) masterwork
Acrylic paint on Belgian linen
Size each: 122 x 42 cm / Framed : 162 x 82 cm

Provenance:
Warumpi Arts

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Autumn Bush Bean Ceremony 2001

William Sandy, Bush Bean Ceremony (2001) Masterwork

Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen, 155 x 155 cm

Provenance: Warumpi Arts  operated by Papunya Aboriginal artists until 2004

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Bush Bean Ceremony (2001) is William Sandy's masterwork boasting the physical presence of the much contemporary work of art. Painted in 2001 with great attention to details and fascinating accuracy the artist shows the mysterious topography of the Bush Bean Ceremony landscape.

The artwork is hypnotic, with finely doted patterning and muted tones the artist builds up the mysterious beautiful landscape painting that is hypnotic, giving the illusion of multi-dimensional space and depth.

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William Sandy, Bush Bean Ceremony 2001 (triptych) masterwork

Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

Provenance: Warumpi Arts  operated by Papunya Aboriginal artists until 2004

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Image Size each : 122 cm x 42 cm

Framed Size each: 162 cm x 82 cm

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William Sandy Biography

William Sandy is an important Australian indigenous artist. William Sandy was the first artist  involved in Aboriginal Art Movement since the 70's, worked for Papunya Tula in 1975 initially named Warumpi Arts.

William Sandy work is represented in the worldwide Collections He began painting for Papunya Tula Artists

Papunya Tula Artists cooperative was formed in 1972 owned and operated by Aboriginal people from the Western Desert of Australia.

Biography:  
Aboriginal Artists dictionary of biographies
page 337
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Warumpi Arts

Early in 1994 the Papunya Community Council established its own art centre-gallery in Alice Springs, called Warumpi Arts as the main centre for paintings by Papunya artists, run by Aboriginal people of Papunya, to give the Aboriginal people of Papunya an increased involvement in the commercial aspects of Aboriginal art.

This centre, called Warumpi Arts, maintained a gallery in Alice Springs until September 2004 and was the main centre for paintings by Papunya artists.

The Papunya Community Council then decided to close the gallery with the aim of later opening an art centre in Papunya.

The Warumpi gallery operated in a way determined by the Community elders, who ensured that profits from the sale of paintings and crafts go to all the Aboriginal people of the community.

The artists who painted for Warumpi Arts took considerable pride in their paintings as a reflection of their culture and beliefs.

The Papunya Community Council then decided to close the gallery with the aim of later opening an art centre in Papunya art centre Papunya Tjupi Arts.


Warumpi is an Aboriginal (Warlpiri) word meaning ‘honeyant’. Honey ants are one of the favourite bush foods of central Australia and their nests are found at the base of mulga trees. The ants produce a sweet “honey” which is stored in their bodies.


Honey Ant - The range of mountains behind Papunya has a distinctive rounded shape, like the shape of a honey ant in profile, and it is this shape which has given these ranges their name – and also the Warumpi Art centre.

 

AWARDS

1985 selected Australian National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

William Sandy is one of the master artists who was involved in the Aboriginal art movement similar to Billy Stockman and Long Jack Phillipus in the 70's.

It is a rare opportunity to purchase an original, authentic painting of impeccable provenance, by one of the master artist, William Sandy.

Today Aboriginal Australians live and work around the world, from Papunya to London, from Arnhem Land to New York.

VIDEO: Prime Minister of Australia, Bob Hawke talks about  Australian Aboriginal art

 

COLLECTIONS

Art Gallery Western Australia

Art Gallery of South Australia

National Gallery of Australia

Wollongong City Art Gallery

Art Bank

National Gallery of Victoria

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Queensland Art Gallery

Homes a Court collection

Art Gallery of Western Australia

Queensland Art Gallery

Kelton Foundation USA

Donald Kahn art collection USA

Museo Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo Mexico,

John Weber Gallery New York

Isaacs Art Center Museum and Gallery Toronto

Lowe Art Museum Miami

University of Miami

Embassy of Australia Washington

Grand Hyatt London

Grand Hyatt Jakarta

Groninger Museum Holland

Oxford University England

Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery NSW,

Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery

University of Queensland Australia

Araluen Art Centre Northern Territory Australia

IBM Kawasaki Gallery Japan

 

William Sandy born 1944 is a famous international artist and the first of the Pitjantjatjara involved in art movement started to paint in 1975Born circa 1944, near Ernabella in South Australia William Sandy has lived in Areyonga and Haasts Bluff in Papunya, with his family.

Kunapi region, far to the south of Papunya out towards Docker River, is his country from his grandmother and mothers side.

Eventually the family settled at Ernabella, from here William Sandy came to Papunya in 1973.

At Papunya William married Violet Nakamarra, sister of Michael NELSON Jagamarra. They have four children, a boy and three girls, one adopted.

William Sandy's wife, Violet Nakamarra, has also painted since the early '80's. From the time of his arrival in Papunya settlement, William worked for the Papunya Council.

William Sandy is a senior elder and knowledgeable traditional medicine man. From the late '80's, William Sandy and his wife Violet Nakamarra have been health workers with the Papunya Medical Service.

William Sandy paints Dingo, Emu, Woman, Green Bean and other Dreaming stories of his ancient country Dreamtime stories.

 

SELECTED Major EXHIBITIONS

William Sandy work was exhibited in the significant 'Dreamings' exhibition which toured the USA in 1988 - 89, and in the subsequent show of Papunya Tula Artists at the John Weber Gallery in New York.

William Sandy had a solo exhibition in 1990 at Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, and the Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Melbourne 1994-95-96-97-98.

Grand Hyatt, Jakarta 1992, London 1993, Sydney 1994-95-96-97-98, Australian Embassy Washington and New York 1999.

Since the early '80's when William Sandy began painting full-time for Papunya Tula Artists Galleries and the Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery in Alice Springs.

1982 Georges Exhibition, Melbourne

1983 Mori Gallery, Sydney NSW

1985 Aboriginal Artists Gallery, Melbourne

1986 Queensland University, Brisbane

1988 Papunya Tula Paintings City Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW

1989 Papunya Tula: Contemporary Paintings from Australia's Western Desert, John Weber Gallery, New York, USA

1988-89 "Dreaming" Exhibition which toured the USA

1989 Papunya Tula Artists, John Weber Gallery, New York, USA

1989 Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico

1990 Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1990 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi Melbourne; Paintings from the Desert, Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings

1990 Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart, Tasmania

1991 Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Donald Kahn

1991 Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, USA

1991 The Painted Dream: Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings from Auckland City Art Gallery Tim and Vivien Johnson Collection

1991 Te Whare Taonga Aoteroa National Art Gallery NZ

1991 Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, USA

1992 IBM - Kawasaki City Gallery, Kawasaki, Japan

1992 Grand Hyatt, Jakarta

1993 Roar Studios, Melbourne, VIC

1993 Aboriginal Art Exhibition, Kung Gubunga

1993 Oasis Gallery, Broadbeach, Qld

1993 Chapman Gallery, Canberra

1993 Exhibition in London

1994 Dreamings - Tjukurrpa: Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert

1994 The Donald Kahn collection, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich

1994 Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Melbourne and Sydney

1995 Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Melbourne and Sydney

1996 Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Melbourne and Sydney

1997 Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Melbourne and Sydney

1997 Manningham Art Space, Melbourne

1997 L'Art des Aborignes d'Australie

1997 Arts d'Australie o Stphane Jacob Paris, France

1997 Galerie de Stassart, Bruxelles

1997 L'Art des Aborignes d'Australie, Arts d'Australie o Stphane Jacob

1997 Festival du Film, Cannes France

1997 L'Art des Aborignes d'Australie Paris, France

1997 Arts d'Australie o Stphane Jacob Paris, France

1997 Espace Paul Riquet, Bziers

1998 Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Melbourne and Sydney NSW

1999 Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia, Melbourne VIC

1999 Embassy of Australia, Washington and New York, USA

2000 Arts d'Australie, Arts d'Australie o Stphane Jacob Paris, France

2000 Salon Pharmagora, Paris, France

2000 Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia, Melbourne

2003 Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne

 

Literature Source & FURTHER REFERENCES

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

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

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, Latz, P. 1995, Bushfires & Bushtucker, IAD Press, Alice Springs

Brody, A. 1989 Utopia women’s Paintings: the First Works on Canvas, A summer Project 1988-89 exhib. Cat. Heytesbury Holdings, Perth Brody

Amadio, N. und Kimber, R., Wildbird Dreaming. Aboriginal Art from the Central Deserts of Australia, Greenhouse Publ., Melbourne 1988; Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland 1990, Ausst. Kat.; Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Donald Kahn. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami (Hrsg.), 1991, Ausst. Kat.; Droombeelden - Tjukurrpa. Groninger Museum (Hrsg.), Groningen 1995, Ausst. Kat.; Isaacs, J., Australia´s Living Heritage. Arts of the Dreaming, Lansdowne Press, Sydney 1984; Isaacs, J., Australian Aboriginal Paintings. Lansdowne, Sydney 1989, ISBN 186302011X; Johnson, V., Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert. A Biographical Dictionary, Craftsman House, East Roseville 1994, ISBN 9768097817; Modern Art - Ancient Icon. The Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings (Hrsg.), o.O. 1992, ISBN 0646080520; Nangara. The Australian Aboriginal Art Exhibition from the Ebes Collection. The Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings (Hrsg.), Melbourne 1996, Ausst. Kat.; Stourton, P. Corbally, Songlines and Dreamings. Lund Humphries Publ., London 1996, ISBN 0853316910; The Painted Dream. Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings. Johnson, V. (Hrsg.), Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland 1991, Ausst. Kat.; Tjinytjilpa. The Dotted Design. Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia (Hrsg.), Melbourne 1998, Ausst. Kat.; Traumzeit - Tjukurrpa. Kunst der Aborigines der Western Desert. Die Donald Kahn-Sammlung, Danzker, J.B. (Hrsg.), Prestel, München und New York 1994, Ausst. Kat.; Voices of the Earth. Paintings, Photography and Sculpture from Aboriginal Australia. Gabrielle Pizzi (Hrsg.), Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne 1996, Ausst. Kat., ISBN 0646288954.

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