234. Earth’s Creation. Emily Kame Kngwarreye. 1994 CE Synthetic polymer paint on canvas.

• Form
  • The artist employed the dump-dot technique, which involves pounding paint onto a canvas with a brush to create layers with a sense of color and movement; related to “dream time” painting in Australia
  • This work is part of a larger suite of paintings
• Content
  • The work references the color and lushness of the “green time” in Australia after it rains and the Outback flourishes
• Context
  • Emily Kame Kngwarrere was an Australian aborigine artist
  • The artist was largely self-taught and began her career doing ceremonial painting
  • The artist was influenced by European abstraction of the mid-twentieth century.