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Keringke Arts

Keringke Arts
Keringke Arts

Keringke Arts


Keringke Art Centre is situated in the community of Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa), and was established in 1989.

The community was named after the stand of bloodwood trees that grow at the foot of the hills to the west, and Keringke Arts is named after an important and ancient rock-hole, that was formed when the ancestor Kangaroo was passing through this land.

Keringke Arts today produces a wide variety of art products, reflecting the colour, rhythm and ambience of the land that is home for the Eastern Arrernte artists. The artists are represented nationally and internationally in many collections, and the work is prized for its unique style and authentic connection to an ancient living culture.

Various painters have developed this style of painting at Keringke Arts over a 30 years period. The artists use pattern, colour, shape and design to create paintings that depict their sense of country, culture and self.

These shapes and designs may have features common to ancient rock art found throughout the traditional country of Eastern Arrernte. Some designs may reflect sand and body paintings. Most commonly, in this contemporary form, the art is not attributed to any particular thing, but expresses the life world of the particular artist.

The Eastern Arrernte cultural identity includes a dreaming, a skin name, a place, as well as family name, language, and community. These things are not necessarily reflected in the design or outcome of each painting.

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  • Hand Painted Kangaroo

    BRIDGET WALLACE

    Acrylic on Ceramic

    19cm x 8cm x 35cm

    $330.00 Keringke Arts
  • NIGHT SKY FROM THE GAP

    CAMILLA YOUNG

    Acrylic on Canvas

    196cm x 120cm

    $3,400.00 Keringke Arts
  • UNTITLED

    JILARY LYNCH

    Acrylic on Canvas

    40cm x 50cm

    $365.00 Keringke Arts
  • 2 CHAIRS & SIDETABLE

    MARY YOUNG

    Acrylic on Timber

    94cm x 41cm x 40cm

    $1,900.00 Keringke Arts
  • PAINTED MANNEQUIN

    LEVINA ABBOTT

    Acrylic on Fibreglass

    180cm x 50cm x 50cm

    $3,900.00 Keringke Arts
  • DESERT BLOOM

    COLLEEN YOUNG

    Acrylic on Canvas

    40cm x 30cm

    $290.00 Keringke Arts
  • UNTITLED

    MARGARET BLOOMFIELD

    Acrylic on Canvas

    91cm x 60cm

    $900.00 Keringke Arts
  • UNTITLED

    CHANTELLE MULLADAD

    Acrylic on Canvas

    40cm x 30cm

    $290.00 Keringke Arts
  • FLOWERS AND RAIN

    JILARY LYNCH

    Acrylic on Canvas

    57cm x 30cm

    $400.00 Keringke Arts

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