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Untitled This work portrays an area known 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 as sources of kapi (water), tali (sandhills), and different varieties of Read more…

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Kulyakartu “My Country, Kulyakartu. I grew up there, from little boy to big boy grew up there.”  – Muuki Taylor This painting depicts Kulyakartu, Muuki’s ngurra (home Country, camp). Kulyakartu is located in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes region of Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert. Read more…

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Status: Stock Kalyu (Water) Kalyu (water) 2014 Limited edition (200) Hahnemuhler 308 Photorag 100% cotton archival rag printed on epson 11880 with Ultachrome pigment inks. “Forever that uranium belongs to that place, underground. But its poison when you dig it up – when it gets exposed. Like a mother carrying Read more…

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2 snakes – Gona Bolong This is Yunkurra’s Country- his ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and in so doing sharing the Jukurrpa Read more…

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Pilkarti Jila This painting depicts Pilkarti Jila (Jarriny for Nungabar). This artist primarily paints her country in the Canning Stock Route area. As a younger woman the artist lived and travelled traditionally with her family during the pujiman (bush) days. They travelled up and down the Stock Route from well 33 Read more…

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