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Byline: Wesley Pulkka For the Journal
Arts Etc.
Paintings Filled With His Heritage
Biggibilla is not a new rock group or rap singer. He is an Australian Aboriginal artist who is arriving from "Down Under" today to promote and explain his paintings exhibition at the Dreamtime Gallery, 2231/2 Canyon Road, which opens from 5-8 p.m. May 1.
His colorful works depicting mythological events and sacred places will be shown through June 4.
Biggibilla (which in his native Gummaroi language means a type of anteater) will share his 40,000-year-old cultural heritage and personal artistic skills with Santa Fe and Albuquerque schoolchildren beginning at the Santa Fe Children's Museum from 1-4 p.m. Saturday.
Biggibilla is his clan's custodian of teachings and rituals. He will tell stories of Australian Dreamtime and demonstrate the techniques used in his zoomorphic paintings, which are filled with archetypes and symbols based upon Gummaroi sand engravings.
The internationally recognized artist will impart his special knowledge and ancient wisdom…