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Barney Campbell Biography:

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Barney Campbell Tjakamarra was born in the area of Karrkurritinytja Lake Macdonald around 1928 and he died in 2007. He  was a senior Law man and one of the old masters involved from the start of the Aboriginal art movement in the 70’s.

Barney Campbell work was exhibited throughout Australia and Europe and Asia in private and corporate collections.

Barney Campbell born in the area of Karrkurritinytja (Lake Macdonald) paited Tingari Cycle stories from around Lake Macdonald. In his paintings, the Dreaming stories are usually depicted in a dramatic juxtaposition of colour.

COLLECTIONS:
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide)
Queensland Art Gallery (Brisbane)
National Gallery of Australia (Canberra)
Museum & Art Gallery Northern Territory (Darwin)
Art Bank (Sydney)
Australian Art Gallery
National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne)
Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne)
Victorian Art Centre Melbourne
Art Gallery of Western Australia (Perth)
Anthropology Art Museum Perth
Homes a Court Gallery and gallery Collection (Perth)
Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Alice Springs
Jinta Desert Art Gallery
Aboriginal Galleries of Australia, Melbourne
Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery, Alice Springs
Corporate and private collection in Australia and throughout the world.

Select Bibliography:
Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Donald Kahn; 1991, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, USA; Bardon, G., 1979, Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert, Rigby, Adelaide. (C) ; Berndt, R. M. and Berndt, C. H. with Stanton, J., 1982; Aboriginal Australian Art, a Visual Perspective, Methuen Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney; Brody, A., 1985, The face of the centre: Papunya Tula paintings; 1971-1984, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Bardon, G., 1991, Papunya Tula Art of the Western Desert; McPhee Gribble, Ringwood, Victoria. (C) ; Caruana, W., 1993, Aboriginal Art, Thames and Hudson, London. (C) ; Isaacs, J., 1989, Australian Aboriginal Paintings, Weldon Publishing, New South Wales; Johnson, V., 1994, The Dictionary of Western Desert Artists; Craftsman House, East Roseville, New South Wales. (C) ; Maughan, J., and Zimmer, J., (eds), 1986, Dot and Circle, a Retrospective Survey of the Aboriginal Acrylic Paintings of Central Australia, exhib. cat., Communication Services Unit; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne. (C) ; Schulz, D., 1994, Lines from the Dreamtime, The Australian Way, Qantas in flight magazine, May 1994; West, M.K.C., (ed.), 1988, The Inspired Dream, Life as art in Aboriginal Australia, exhib. cat., Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; 1993, Tjukurrpa Desert Dreamings, Aboriginal Art from Central Australia (1971-1993), exhibition cat., Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.

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Tingari Cycle McDonald Ranges

Barney Campbell Tjakamarra 1928-2007

Acrylic on Belgian linen

Barney Campbell, born in the area of Karrkurritinytja (Lake Macdonald) depicted Tingari Cycle story from around Lake Macdonald in a dramatic juxtaposition of colour. This is an inspiring painting, with accuracy of intricate details, subtle shades of colour, the artist attained almost three dimensional physical presence of the much contemporary work of art, that floats in the air and moves with the viewer’s eyes.

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