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Geoffrey Bardon and Papunya art
The prevailing view of the origins of the Aboriginal art movement, as we know it today, is that it was started by Geoffrey Bardon, a white school teacher from Sydney who went to Papunya in Central Australia in the early 1970s. A new biography paints a complex picture of a man whose mental ill-health both hampered and helped his passion for this art.
Guest: Kitty Hauser, Sydney-based historian and author. New book 'Art Mania: Geoffrey Bardon and the painting men of Papunya' (Giromondo Publishing, 1 Nov, 2026)
Producer: Ann Arnold
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