Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Untitled This work portrays an area known intimately to the artist, painted here in exquisite detail from memory. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) era one’s survival depended on their intimate knowledge of the location of resources; thus physical elements Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Ngayurnangalkumili Ngurra (cannibal country) “Ngayurnangalku (cannibal beings) fighting. They all come in here, all meet up here. Ngayurnangalku coming from this way [north], go in here. Ngayurnangalku coming from this way (east), they go in. They come from this way Read more…
APY Art Centre Collective Adelaide
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Jennifer Ingkatji – Seven Sisters Story This is a Tjukurpa (Creation Story) about the constellations of Pleiades and Orion. The sisters are the constellation of Pleiades and the other star Orion is said to be the man Nyiru or Nyirunya. Read more…
Kaiela Arts Shepparton
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Bilin – Movement Bilin, Movement tells a story about the constant motion of life, how everything around us is always moving shifting and flowing together. The lines represent the paths we walk each day sometimes crossing sometimes separating but always Read more…
Papulankutja Artists
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Lukarrara Tjukurrpa – Margie Leo In this artwork Margie has painted Lukarrara Tjukurrpa (Desert Fringe Rush Seed Dreaming). This Tjukurrpa comes from a place north of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory where Margie is from.
Papulankutja Artists
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Wati Kutjarra This is the story of two powerful magicians who came to the Ngaanyatjarra Lands from far away to the west; ‘These two men are always together, always camping together. They do all sorts of tricks when they travel Read more…
Papulankutja Artists
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My Grandfather’s Country This painting depicts Sharon’s Grandfather’s Country, located within Witjira National Park near the border of the Northern Territory and South Australia, just south of Finke. The area is rich with waterholes, trees, and salt lakes — a Read more…
Papulankutja Artists
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Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion). The roots of this dreaming stems across indigenous Read more…
Papulankutja Artists
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Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion). The roots of this dreaming stems across indigenous Read more…