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Date of Birth: Circa 1930/1940
Area: Atneltye (Boundary Bore) Outstation - Northern Territory
Language: Eastern Anmatyerre
Greeny Purvis, a ceremonial leader in his community, depicts stories from his traditional country of Atneltyeye, including the Emu, Turkey, Tam and Kangaroo. He commenced painting in the mid 1980s; then, after some three years of abandoning painting activity, he recommenced. In one of his paintings entitled Sacred Men's Body Paint, he shows the stark lines painted on bodies of danceres who perform male ceremonies. His art, although imbued with traditional meaning and understanding of his country, looks "modern" with sparse use of designs and symbols.
Exhibitions:
1993 Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs; 1995 Dacou Gallery, Adelaide; 1996 "Dreaming of the Desert: Aboriginal dot paintings of the Western Desert", Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; 1996 "Nangra", Stehting Sint-Jan, Brugge, The Netherlands; 1997 Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney; 1999 "Utopia" BMG Art, Adelaide; 2000 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney; 2002 Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne, 2002 Chapel off Chapel, Melbourne; 2002 Gallerie Le Temps du Reve, France.
Collections:
Art Gallery of South Australia; Artbank
Source: Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004)
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