Sculpture | Justine Anderson | Tjanpi Desert Weavers Sydney curators and academics

curators and academics

and three sheets of stickers for personalisation

Created in collaboration with Tony Albert to accompany his exhibition Not a Souvenir at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

23 x 8cm diameter

Sculpture | Justine Anderson | Tjanpi Desert Weavers Sydney curators and academicsThis gorgeous lizard (tinka) sculpture has been handmade by Justine Anderson, an artist belonging to the Pitjantjatjara language and cultural group who lives in the remote community of Apatula (Finke), Northern Territory. Featuring beautifully coloured weaving, it is full of character this is a truly special piece of First Nations art. Weaving with fibre in this way has become a fundamental part of Central and Western desert culture and draws on the