Ray Beamish accused an artist from this homeland of misattributing a painting which used very fine acrylic dots to represent a “Storm.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Aboriginal homeland whose numerous artists included Kathleen Petyarre (“pet-YAR-uh”). Another artist from this homeland pounded green and yellow acrylic paint onto a canvas for her work Earth’s Creation.
ANSWER: Utopia
[10e] The Utopia art colony is located in this country, where Emily Kam Kngwarray (“in-GWAR-eye”) created “dump dump” paintings. “Dot painting” is often used by artists from this country’s displaced Aboriginal people.
ANSWER: Australia [or Commonwealth of Australia]
[10m] Kngwarray helped found a “Utopia Women’s Group” dedicated to this technique, which she worked with until 1988. Cloth is resist-dyed with wax in this technique, which originates from Indonesia.
ANSWER: batik
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