Helicopter “When you go on the plane to Kunawarritji, you see the flat country with all the pretty wild flowers” – Ngarga Thelma Judson In this work Thelma celebrates the aesthetic splendour of desert flowers in her grandfather’s ngurra (home Country, camp). In the context of the often harsh and Read more…
Parnngurr “We were climbing Parnngurr hill; we were frightened. Kartiya (Europeans) would walk around, trying to catch Martu people. We would run up the hill and hide. We watched them catch people. We were eating flour that white people gave us. It was horrible. From [Parnngurr rockhole], we got in Read more…
The Wanti (Woman, Girl) “It’s pretty much the line of thought of my family. So that’s my daughter and then my granny- ‘Nan Nan’ they call her- and then my mum, SW. And that’s my nanna Lorna. It’s pretty much the line of where I’m from. That connection and family Read more…
Jindu (Sun) and Wirlarra (Moon) “When I started painting I named the two; Jindu, the Sun and Wirlarra, the moon. The reason I do these paintings its means to me four skin groups Martu have. Every time when we have funerals and law business, there’s always two skin groups [who] Read more…
Bush Tucker Depicted in this work are traditional types of bush tucker, their habitats, and their related hunting and gathering methods. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) period, Martu would traverse very large distances annually in small family groups, moving seasonally from water source to water source, and hunting and Read more…
Parnngurr “We were climbing Parnngurr hill; we were frightened. Kartiya (Europeans) would walk around, trying to catch Martu people. We would run up the hill and hide. We watched them catch people. We were eating flour that white people gave us. It was horrible. From [Parnngurr rockhole], we got in Read more…
Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25) “Bugai always tells about Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25) because she grew up around Wantili. Her family would travel between Wantili, Kaalpa, Juntu-juntu, Raarki, and Wuranu Wells along the Canning Stock Route. She paints around Wantili. She saw whitefellas there for Read more…
Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25) “Bugai always tells about Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25) because she grew up around Wantili. Her family would travel between Wantili, Kaalpa, Juntu-juntu, Raarki, and Wuranu Wells along the Canning Stock Route. She paints around Wantili. She saw whitefellas there for Read more…
Jindu (Sun) and Wirlarra (Moon) “When I started painting I named the two; Jindu, the Sun and Wirlarra, the moon. The reason I do these paintings its means to me four skin groups Martu have. Every time when we have funerals and law business, there’s always two skin groups [who] Read more…
Jindu (Sun) and Wirlarra (Moon) “When I started painting I named the two; Jindu, the Sun and Wirlarra, the moon. The reason I do these paintings its means to me four skin groups Martu have. Every time when we have funerals and law business, there’s always two skin groups [who] Read more…