Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri b. c.1932

Also known as Clifford Possum
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Carver)
Leading Papunya Tula artist. One of last men to join Geoffrey Bardon's group of 'painting men' at the beginning of the 1970s and the first to be recognised as an artist in his own right. His illustrious career has been the subject of several books and a major retrospective organised by the Art Gallery of South Australia, which toured nationally in 2003/5.
exhibited at
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Date
2004
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

Organised by AGSA and toured to NGV, AGNSW, QAG. Hailed as one of the greatest Australian painters of the late 20th century, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri was a pioneer of the Western Desert painting movement, which emerged in central Australia in the early 1970s and is now recognised as one of the most powerful developments in Australian art history. This major exhibition charts the artistic shifts that occurred throughout the three decades of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri’s extraordinary career. Featuring some of his greatest masterpieces, drawn from public and private collections throughout Australia, Europe and the United States, the exhibition pays tribute to the life and work of this important Anmatyerre artist.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/current (28/05/04)

Exhibition Catalogue:
Johnson, Vivien, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2003
ISBN 073083053

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Painting
exhibited at
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Date
2003 - 2005
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

Retrospective organised by the Art Gallery of South Australia curated by Vivien Johnson. ALSO TOURED: National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Queensland Art Gallery, Araluen Art Centre Alice Springs

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/2003/EX03%20Clifford%20Possum.htm
exhibited at
Songlines IV: Clifford Possum and the Papunya Tula Artists
Date
1990
Place
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Time before time: Aboriginal art of Australia
Date
1988
Place
Austral Gallery, St Louis, USA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Dreamings : The Art of Aboriginal Australia
Date
1988 - 1989
Place
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, USA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Paintings : 1973-86
Date
1988
Place
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Aboriginal art from the Central Desert and Northern Arnhem Land, featuring the work of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and members of his family
Date
1987
Place
Community Arts Centre, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Uta Uta Tjangala and Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi
Date
1984
Place
Adelaide Arts Festival, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sao Paulo Biennale
Date
1983
Place
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Description
Type
Exhibition
Australian Perspecta
Date
1981
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Past and Present of the Australian Aborigine
Date
1980 - 1981
Place
Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Description
Type
Exhibition