Yinjaa-Barni Art
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Pilbara Wildflowers amongst the Mist and Spinifex These are the beautiful wildflowers that grow in my country. They grow amongst the spinifex and bloom at all different times of the year.
Yinjaa-Barni Art
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Early Morning Mist The early morning mist over the water is the smoke from the breakfast fires of the Marrga, the creation spirits. According to Yindjibarndi law, in the beginning the sky was very low. When the creation spirits, Marrga, arose from the ground they raised the sky and the Read more…
Yinjaa-Barni Art
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Our Spiritual Serpent (Kenny) In Yinjibarndi Country the Rainbow Serpent protects its secret bird. If people from another country come and kill this secret bird it will get so angry and create four or five days of strong rain, thunder, lightning and strong wind.
Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation
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Gurrpurdu (Diving Bird) A design by emerging textile designer, Charmaine Pascoe. ‘My Gurrpurdu (diving bird) was white. She flew from Gan Gan to Gapuwiyak and then to Yathalamarra. And then she flew to Gartji. At Gartji two fresh water seaweed shoots, one long and one short were trying to keep Read more…
Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation
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Wak (black crow dreaming) Babbarra x Tharangini Sari Woodblock print on handwoven silk, extract print with organic dyes, 100% Silk Co-created by Bábbarra Women’s Centre, Maningrida and Tharangini Studio, India Printed by artisans at Tharangini Studio Design brief by Bábbarra Women’s Centre Artists Woodblock carving by Shri C.H. Sreeram and Shri Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Untitled Martumili Artists work with over three hundred artists from remote Martu Aboriginal communities, including Punmu, Parnngurr, Kunawarritji, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine), and Warralong, as well as from the Parnpajinya (Newman) gallery and studio spaces. Known for their diverse, energetic, and unmediated painting styles, their works reflect the dramatic geography and Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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3 Sisters How did you get to this style of painting? “Do you mean, what have I done with my life? (chuckles to herself) To me these paintings are a sense of energy. So if I see someone and they’re happy, I paint a happy vibe. Cos their spirit is Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Untitled “When I went back to County, I thought how beautiful the spinifex was. How the sun glazed against the spinifex. The County that I speak of is Jilukurru, my grandfather’s country.” – Kathleen Maree Sorenson Martu Country is dominated by striking permanent tali (sandhills) covered with spinifex, gums, and Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Family and Waterholes This work depicts a waterhole within the artists’ ngurra (home Country, camp), typically represented with circular forms. Waterholes are sites that require maintenance, including digging to increase flow, clearing out surrounding growth, and cleaning up after sullying by camels or cattle. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Zen Wanti How did you get to this style of painting? “Do you mean, what have I done with my life? (chuckles to herself) To me these paintings are a sense of energy. So if I see someone and they’re happy, I paint a happy vibe. Cos their spirit is Read more…