Artetyerre
Artist: Billy Benn Perrurle
Region: Harts Range, NT
Medium/Type: Painting
Size: 35 x 15 cm
Catalogue Number: 14340BB
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This lovely painting by Billy Benn Perrurle is a depiction from memory of his country Artetyerre, Harts Range.
‘My country is Artetyerre, Harts Range, south and east Arrernte. My country painting. My country is Dreaming Antenhe (possum). My Dreaming corroborree. My Dreaming goes to Alcunpa, to another people’s country, north-east from Utopia.’
— Billy Benn Perrurle. Source: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Billy Benn Perrurle
Region: Harts Range, NT
As one of Australia's most beloved outsider artists, Billy Benn's work has attained such a significant and unique place in the Aboriginal art market. Since joining Bindi Inc in 1981, he had been painting his father's country, working from memory to create a visual map of country that he has not seen since a boy. He first showed with the Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs in 2000.