Billy Benn, Outsider Art and Art History

Authors

Ian A. McLean, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

50552

Publication Details

McLean, I. A. "Billy Benn, Outsider Art and Art History." Billy Benn, story telling. Ed.C. Peattie & B. Perrurle. Alice Springs: IAD Press, 2011, 43-68.

Abstract

Billy Benn is a landscape painter from Atitjere (Artetyerre/Harts Range) in Central Australia. He primarily paints the country passed to him through his Alyawarr father and his Akarre mother. Since the late 20th century Aboriginal artist Billy Benn Perrurle has produced masterful paintings of his traditional Alyawarr/Akarre country in central Australia that have captured the attention of national and international art collectors.