An Indigenous artist from the small community of Warmun in the East Kimberley will have one of her paintings turned into a rooftop installation for the Musee du quai Branly, near the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Lena Nyadbi's installation - one of the largest artworks made by an Australian artist - will be even visible by Google Earth users.
The artwork, called Dayiwul Lirlmin, is almost 700 square metres and has been unveiled at a special ceremony in Canberra today before it heads to its new home in Paris.
“We are very excited to present work of this magnitude by an important contemporary Australian Aboriginal artist,” said Stéphane Martin, President of the Musée du quai Branly who approached the Australia Council in 2011 with the proposal for a large scale work at the museum.
Since 2011, numerous discussions and visits to the artist's home in Western Australia have resulted in the extraordinary artwork.
“The scale and prominence of this project is a reflection of the growing interest in contemporary Aboriginal Australian art among museum visitors across Europe and internationally,” said Mr Martin.
The artwork' launch in Paris will coincide with a major exhibition of Warmun artists at the Australian Embassy, to be opened on the 6th of June 2013.
