Emily Kam Kngwarray

A lush large‑scale publication accompanying the major exhibition celebrating the monumental art of Emily Kam Kngwarray, one of the most significant painters of the twentieth century.

Emily Kam Kngwarray (c.1914–1996) translated her lived experience and cultural engagement with her Anmatyerr homelands in Central Australia into vibrant batiks and monumental paintings on canvas.

In her vast and astonishing oeuvre, Kngwarray embodied the majestic scope of her country and ancestral heritage. She l...