Untitled “The old people, they sit down and paint and tell stories of the old days, and we listen and learn.” – Corban Clause Williams Transfer of cultural knowledge through visual arts is an important way for Martu artists to Read more…
Untitled “The old people, they sit down and paint and tell stories of the old days, and we listen and learn.” – Corban Clause Williams Transfer of cultural knowledge through visual arts is an important way for Martu artists to Read more…
Untitled “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to walk, and Read more…
All about Kapi “Martu people know how to find water in the desert, they know the Country looks different where there is water under the ground.” – Corban Clause Williams Depicted in this work are sources of kapi (water) within Read more…
Untitled This work portrays an area known intimately to the artist, painted here 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 of Country, such Read more…
Screen print Tamisha and Montana experimentation with screenprinting techniques as part of the artworker-training trip to Melbourne in 2019 at Negative Press studio.
Screen print Tamisha and Montana experimentation with screenprinting techniques as part of the artworker-training trip to Melbourne in 2019 at Negative Press studio.
Wankurr This lorrkkon depicts important ancestors from the Balngarra clan estate. Wankurr is a sacred dilly bag, two of which travelled from the East making springs and waterholes as they went. They stopped at Kinoedjanga where they went into the Read more…
An-gujechiya (Fish Trap) To make fish traps and fish net fences artists firstly get vine (mirlarl) from the jungle and they put it in water for one night to make it soft. Next they start weaving it; they make rings Read more…