Wrestling with the wheel of a LandCruiser on an unsealed road through the Gibson Desert, Ben Danks had one eye out for wild camels and the other one on sand dunes.
Avoiding a camel coming through the windscreen, or getting sand-bogged in 45 degree heat with no telephone reception, seems like a strange way to collect art. But Danks’ job as assistant manager with Indigenous-run art company, Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, positioned him to build a very personal collection of desert art.
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Elizabeth Fortescue writes the Saleroom column and about the visual arts. She was previously arts editor at The Daily Telegraph and is Australia correspondent for The Art Newspaper.
