In the Dreamtime... 
Australian Aboriginal Paintings from the booker-lowe gallery
​September 23, 2016 - January 7, 2017

Yanjirlpirri or Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa (Star or Seven Sisters Dreaming), Alma Nungarrayi Granites
Yuendumu
48 x 42 in.

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Patron Preview Party:
Thu. Sept. 22, 2016

In the Dreamtime...
Australian Aboriginal Paintings from the Booker-Lowe Gallery
Main Gallery

​Indigenous people inhabited Australia for at least 40,000 years prior to European exploration. They developed hundreds of languages, as well as complex Creation myths or “Dreamings,” which defined the actions and relationships of ancestral beings – both human and animal – to the land and to one another, and dictated codes of conduct. 

The elders passed this information to succeeding generations through elaborate ceremonies, which included singing, dancing, and story-telling, as well as visual expression in sand paintings, body painting and adornment, decoration of objects, and designs on cave walls. 

It was not until the early 1970s that the Aboriginal people, the world's oldest living culture, were encouraged to share their pictorial traditions with the “outside world” by painting them on canvas. Since the first paintings were created at the remote Papunya settlement deep in the Central Desert, Aboriginal artists have continued to paint their country and their ancestral stories in strikingly contemporary fashion. 

In the Dreamtime... features over two dozen works by contemporary Australian Aboriginal artists from a variety of settlements, giving viewers a comprehensive glimpse into the oldest contemporary art in the world.
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​Exhibition Image Gallery
Click any of the images below to view a full-size image with details. Artworks are arranged alphabetically by artist last name. Please note, not all artists in Turning Point are currently represented in this image gallery.