Sandy Brumby Explained

Sandy Brumby
Birth Date:c.1950
Birth Place:Pukatja, South Australia
Nationality:Australian
Field:Painting
Movement:Contemporary Indigenous Australian art

Sandy Brumby (born around 1950) is an Aboriginal Australian artist whose work rapidly became popular following the start of his career late in life.

Early life

Brumby grew up at an outstation called Victory Downs near to Pukatja (then known as Ernabella) with his mother, father, brother and sister. Early jobs included working at a cattle station called Mount Cavanagh near Kulgera over the threshold of the Northern Territory, where he mustered bullocks, fixed fences and looked after the cows.[1]

Career

The first time he picked up a paintbrush was in the Ninuku Arts centre, an Aboriginal art and craft centre established in 2008.[2] He produced work almost every day from then, saying he was spontaneously documenting the life of his people.[3] [4]

In a short period of time his paintings gained significant attention and were acquired by notable public collections, including the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of South Australia and Queensland Art Gallery.[5] His work became collectable quickly.[6]

Sharing Country, the show Brumby was involved in at Olsen Gruin, New York, in 2017 was rated among the top ten of the hottest summer group shows to see that year by Artnet.[7]

Style

Brumby's work references symbols frequently used in rock and cave paintings around Uluru and Kata Tjuta.[8] His paintings have a lively, raw character, displaying a powerful communication with his culture and his people. His love of colour makes use of a wide range of hues, but he uses delicate brush strokes in his work.[9]

Personal life

Sandy met his wife in Pukatja and for some time they settled in the Amata community. Eventually they moved on to Pipalyatjara, before the Kalka and Pipalyatjara communities were fully established. Here they had two children and brought them up in this area. In 2015 Sandy moved to a retirement home.

Major collections

Selected other exhibitions

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sandy Brumby Artist Profile Short Street Gallery . shortstgallery.com.au . 28 August 2018 . en.
  2. Web site: Ninuku Arts Aboriginal Art Outstation . www.outstation.com.au . 28 August 2018 . en-AU.
  3. Book: Rothwell . Nicolas . Another Country . 2007 . Black Inc. . 9781921825460 . 254 . 28 August 2018 . en.
  4. Web site: ANTaR: National advocacy organisation dedicated specifically to the rights - and overcoming the disadvantage - of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. . antar.org.au . 28 August 2018.
  5. Book: Newstead . Adrian . The Dealer is the Devil: An Insiders History of the Aboriginal Art Trade . 2014 . Brandl & Schlesinger . 9781921556449 . 561 . 28 August 2018 . en.
  6. Book: McLean . Ian . Double Desire: Transculturation and Indigenous Contemporary Art . 2014 . Cambridge Scholars Publishing . 9781443871334 . 170 . 28 August 2018 . en.
  7. Web site: Sarah . Cascone . The 30 Hottest Summer Group Shows to See in New York artnet News . artnet News . 29 August 2018 . 3 July 2017.
  8. Book: Territory . Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern . Tjungunutja: From Having Come Together . 2017 . Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory . 9780648066705 . 28 August 2018 . en.
  9. Book: Myers . Fred R. . Painting Culture: The Making of an Aboriginal High Art . 2002 . Duke University Press . 0822384167 . 397 . 28 August 2018 . en.
  10. Web site: Sandy Brumby, Artists, NGV . www.ngv.vic.gov.au . 28 August 2018 . en-AU.
  11. Web site: Sandy Brumby. c1930-. Australia (Aboriginal) . www.aasd.com.au . 28 August 2018.
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  13. Web site: Nganampa Kililpil: Our Stars - Hazelhurst - Sutherland Shire Council . www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au . 28 August 2018 . en.
  14. Web site: APY artists come together in 'significant and ambitious' exhibition - National Indigenous Times . National Indigenous Times . 28 August 2018 . 27 September 2016.
  15. Web site: ReDot Fine Art Gallery - Contemporary Aboriginal Art . www.redotgallery.com . 28 August 2018.
  16. Web site: Salon des Refusés Returns . Aboriginal Art & Culture: an American eye . 28 August 2018 . 8 August 2014.
  17. Web site: Salon Des Refuses Catalogue . pauljohnstonegallery.com.au . 28 August 2018.
  18. Web site: Sandy Brumby Alcaston Gallery . Alcaston Gallery . 28 August 2018.

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