Papunya Tula
Aboriginal art cooperative and art movement in the Northern Territory / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Dot painting" redirects here. For a more general overview of contemporary Aboriginal art, see Contemporary Indigenous Australian art.
Papunya Tula, registered as Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, is an artist cooperative formed in 1972 in Papunya, Northern Territory, owned and operated by Aboriginal people from the Western Desert of Australia. The group is known for its innovative work with the Western Desert Art Movement, popularly referred to as "dot painting". Credited with bringing contemporary Aboriginal art to world attention, its artists inspired many other Australian Aboriginal artists and styles.
The company operates today out of Alice Springs and its artists are drawn from a large area, extending into Western Australia, 700 kilometres (430 mi) west of Alice Springs.