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| Warlugulong 1977 |
Warlugulong is the Anmatyerr name for a site 200 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs where, in ancestral times, Lungkata the Blue-Tongue Lizard Man created the first great bushfire. The main significance of this Dreaming or Tjukurrpa lies in the fact that it connects a number of language groups across the western deserts, and it is one of the most important for the artist’s Anmatyerr people.
This piece by Possum holds the record for the most expensive aboriginal art sold at auction, I am currently looking into these works and where the value lies within them. The value comes from both aesthetics and cultural background, but does one outweigh the other? There is a definite cultural background to this piece, knowing that Possum was one of the most influential artists within the Papunya area this work certainly has influenced many other artists around the area. The detail throughout the piece is astonishing and the depiction of the bonfire being the focal point of the piece is very clear to me.
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