Once Upon A Time in Papunya Bec Crew they're fun

they're fun

historians

Uncover answers to fascinating questions

By: Shirley Purdie

Each illustration board has things to find and count as painted

Once Upon A Time in Papunya Bec Crew they're funIn the late 1990s, the astronomical auction prices of early Papunya boards the thousands of small painted panels from the Papunya Aboriginal settlement in 1971 72 captured widespread attention. This book, written by Western Desert art expert Vivien Johnson, delves into the controversies that surrounded these paintings at the time of their creation, and their significance to the artists' descendants today. It explores the influential role of teacher