DESERT CREATURES: A Study of Figurative animals from the Desert
Past exhibition
Aaron Pei Pei Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1970
Kamela, 2020
acrylic on canvas
55.9 x 91.4 cm
70036
When Aaron paints he slowly makes his way across the canvas stroke-by-stroke, culminating in wacky, high textured representations of animals and landscape. He is known for his upside down trees,...
When Aaron paints he slowly makes his way across the canvas stroke-by-stroke, culminating in wacky, high textured representations of animals and landscape. He is known for his upside down trees, floating rock holes, and disproportioned animals, which ask the audience to suspend reality in order to delve into his cheerful recollections of country.
Kaltukatjara, where Aaron lives, is full of kamela (camels) and wild brumbies. At night you can hear their hooves click clacking down the bitumen in search of water. Aaron explains this painting saying, “that thirsty camel was looking for that other camel. They went looking and they found him. They had a drink at that water”.
Kaltukatjara, where Aaron lives, is full of kamela (camels) and wild brumbies. At night you can hear their hooves click clacking down the bitumen in search of water. Aaron explains this painting saying, “that thirsty camel was looking for that other camel. They went looking and they found him. They had a drink at that water”.