Ngaanyatjarra: Art of the Lands is a gloriously illustrated book documenting six Aboriginal art centres/projects – Warakurna, Papulankutja, Tjarlirli, Kayili, Maruku, and Tjanpi – that make up the ‘Western Desert Mob’ group in Australia.

The Western Desert Mob comprises an alliance of Ngaanyatjarra art centers operating in the rich swathe of country, running west of Uluru. Their mantra of ‘thriving in the living desert’ encapsulates the blossoming of a distinctive regional art movement that has taken its place amongst the most highly regarded contemporary Australian art.

The book combines the aesthetics of an art catalogue with the rigor of an academic art history, and contains both essays and stories of Aboriginal people’s perspectives on their own artistic heritage.