Flash Minky Tapestry | KAALPA by Corban Claure Williams

Introducing BAMBA X FLASH MINKY Limited edition tapestry blankets* - Corban "Bamba" Clause Williams was born in Newman in 1994 and based in Parnngurr Community, in the western desert region of the Pilbara, Western Australia. 2023 marked a breakthrough year for the artist, who was selected as a finalist for the Ramsay Art Prize (Art Gallery of South Australia), the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, MA Prize Winner at Sydney Contemporary and the John Stringer Prize. From this, he was one of the top 10 artists in Australia to watch in Art Guide 2024 and featured in Elle magazine as a new collectable artist. At the heart of Williams’ practice lies Kaalpa (Canning Stock Route Well 23) and his grandfather’s Country, where he first travelled in 2018. That visit, he says, opened his spirit and set his path as an artist, a landscape imbued with deep cultural significance. “I went [to Kaalpa] for the first time [in 2018] on a Martumili Ranger trip. I went hunting there, got a parnajarrpa. When I went there, I was pukurlpa (happy). It made you open up your spirit, it feels like home. Doing it on the canvas, feel like I'm standing there back at home. Since then I tried to learn from the old people. I went out on many trips on Country painting… then I went to my grandfather’s Country and learned from my Nana — she was like a teacher." - Corban Clause Williams. *Please note; artist name sewn into the blanket and a loop for a rod is sewn into the blanket edge for easy hanging.