Adrian Robertson, Yalpirakinu, 2022, 122 x 122 cm, Acrylic on Canvas
Ngaju Nyangu Warlalja, Ngaju Nyangu Ngurra (My Family, My Country) is the new release of works by Adrian Robertson of Mwerre Anthurre Art (Bindi Inc).
Adrian is a widely respected Warlpiri man and prolific artist from the Central Western Desert region of Australia. His country travels from west of Walungurru through Karku at Nyirrpi to Warlurkurlangu at Yuendumu. Well-known for his landscape and portrait paintings made using a restricted palette, he is a deliberate and thoughtful painter; reworking, pushing, and pulling the image to completion. A confident artist, Adrian, enthusiastically advances his practice, experimenting with new techniques and mediums to portray his mother’s country Yalpirakinu and recalls of family on country.
An accomplished artist, Adrian has exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2020 he won the NATSIAA General Painting Award, and more recently he won the Artist of the Year, Mparntwe NAIDOC awards (2021), and the prestigious Alice Prize, Mparntwe National Contemporary Art Award (2022).
When: 18 Jan - 29 Feb 2024,
