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 of Country, such as sources of kapi (water), tali (sandhills), Read more…
Untitled This is Mitutu’s Country- her ‘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 (Dreaming) stories and physical Read more…
Untitled 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 (Dreaming) stories and physical Read more…
Muuki Taylor “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 keep their culture strong. Younger Martu artists typically begin Read more…
Status: Stock 3 Designs Stay stylishly organized with this set of 3 Martumili A6 Notebooks! Featuring stitched binding to ensure your writing is secure and protected, these notebooks make it easy to jot down your brilliant ideas or just doodle away. Plus, their petite size makes ’em trendy & convenient Read more…
Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33) Kunawarritji is an important site in the Great Sandy Desert where multiple stories and histories intersect. Originally a spring water and major Martu pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) camping site, at the turn of the 20th century Kunawarritji was converted into a well along the Read more…
Untitled “This is a rock hole that was made in the Jukurrpa (Dreamtime). These kanaputa (ancestral beings) are the stars in the sky, the Seven Sisters. They are standing up as a group of trees between Nyipily (Nyipil, Nibil, Canning Stock Route Well 34) and Kunawarritji. I was a little Read more…
Untitled This is Nungabar’s Country- her ‘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 (Dreaming) stories and physical Read more…
Yirrajarra – That’s my country, that’s my place, that’s my camp “Yirrajarra, it’s a yinta (permanent spring) in Warman Country. That’s my camp, that’s my place, that’s my Country. Home there,” – Mitutu Mabel Wakarta (dec.) Yirrajarra comprises of two soaks situated near Lake Auld, and north of Tiwa (Canning Read more…
Yirrajarra “Yirrajarra, it’s a yinta (permanent spring) in Warman Country. That’s my camp, that’s my place, that’s my Country. Home there,” – Mitutu Mabel Wakarta (dec.) Yirrajarra comprises of two soaks situated near Lake Auld, and north of Tiwa (Canning Stock Route Well 26). As the site of a continuous Read more…