Essendon Bombers is a collaborative effort by husband-and-wife duo Benjamin Barnes Kamara and Georgina Jones Pitjara and one of the first pieces to come out of Arlpwe Art and Culture Centre’s new pottery program. Benjamin hand-built the pot using coiling before passing it to Georgina for decoration. For this pot, Georgina has painted it in black and red, the colour of Benjamin’s favourite football team.
Benjamin Barnes Kamara is a Kaytetye and Alyawarr man who grew up in Ali Curung. He is the son of fellow Arlpwe artist Nancy Long. Benjamin has been employed at Arlpwe Art and Culture Centre as an arts worker in the men’s painting room.
Georgina Jones Pitjara is an Alyawarr woman who grew up around Utopia. Her paintings are heavily inspired by her family who were some of the early acclaimed Utopia artists. Georgina paints bush flowers, bush medicine and hunting scenes.
Recently, Benjamin and Georgina, who are husband and wife, have taken to a collaborative ceramics practice, with Benjamin making vessels and Georgina decorating them.
Desert Mob is presented annually in Mparntwe | Alice Springs on Arrernte Country.
On behalf of Desart’s staff and art centre members, the Executive Committee humbly and respectfully acknowledge the Arrernte Apmereke Artweye (Traditional Owners) and Kwertengerle (Traditional Managers) of Mparntwe.
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