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John Mawurndjul (born 1952) is an Australian contemporary Indigenous artist. Mawurndjul's artwork is highly regarded internationally. He uses traditional motifs in innovative ways to express spiritual and cultural values. He is a member of the Kuninjku people of West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, and grew up with only occasional contact with non-indigenous people and culture. His is currently living a traditional lifestyle at an outstation near Maningrida which includes hunting and a continuation of his paintings.〔 ==Art== He was tutored in ''rarrk'', a traditional painting technique using fine cross-hatching and infill,〔 and began producing small paintings on bark. During the 1980s he began producing larger and more complex works, and in 1988 won a Rothmans Foundation Award. Since then he has been included in major exhibitions in Australia and overseas (primarily in Japan and Europe). In 2000, Mawurndjul's work was amongst that of eight individual and collaborative groups of Indigenous Australian artists shown in the prestigious Nicholas Hall at the Hermitage Museum in Russia. The exhibition received a positive reception from Russian critics, one of whom wrote:
His work was subsequently the subject of a major retrospective in Basel (2005) and in Hanover's Sprengel Museum (2006). 2003 saw Mawurndjul named by Australian Art Collector magazine as one of the country's 50 most collectible artists.〔 〕 His works have been singled out for praise by many critics, including Art Gallery of New South Wales senior curator Hetti Perkins, and artist Danie Mellor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Mawurndjul」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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