Untitled Martumili Artists work with over three hundred artists from remote Martu Aboriginal communities, including Punmu, Parnngurr, Kunawarritji, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine), and Warralong, as well as from the Parnpajinya (Newman) gallery and studio spaces. Known for their diverse, energetic, and unmediated painting styles, their works reflect the dramatic geography and Read more…
Untitled Martumili Artists work with over three hundred artists from remote Martu Aboriginal communities, including Punmu, Parnngurr, Kunawarritji, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine), and Warralong, as well as from the Parnpajinya (Newman) gallery and studio spaces. Known for their diverse, energetic, and unmediated painting styles, their works reflect the dramatic geography and 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 [some you] can’t cross, like boundaries. So nowadays you see Read more…
Punmu “This area here is our Country. It’s our Country right here. We returned to our Country with a Toyota and a grader that made the road. A grader right up to here. Punmu is a good place. It’s a happy place to live. My spirit feels good living here. Read more…
Puntawarri “We drink water at Puntawarri. We clean and dig that waterhole. This Country is Puntawarri. My nanna, Dadda, taught me to paint this Country. Puntawarri is important because it is my pop’s, my nannas’ husband’s, place. They camped there and went hunting for goanna or anything, kangaroo or turkey. 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 [some you] can’t cross, like boundaries. So nowadays you see Read more…
Jila (snake, living water) “Four jila, waterhole in the middle there. One goes North, another one South way. Another one this way West, this one East. They went seperate. From the desert to the sea.” – Graham Mintern The Western Desert term jila is used interchangeably to describe springs considered Read more…
Pipijarli (Calandrinia sp.) “That’s a [painting of a] flower, a purple one like that. It grows everywhere on the plain, it’s a wild yam, like a mata (bush potato).” Lynne Charles Pipijarli is a species of plant native to Western Australia, commonly found throughout the Pilbara region. The species thrives Read more…
Spinifex country & Quoll Tracks Martu Country is dominated by striking permanent tali (sandhills) covered with spinifex, gums, and other trees and shrubs. Spinifex is a pale green, spiky grass that grows in clumps throughout the Central and Western Deserts of Australia. Some varieties yield edible seeds and another contains a resin. Read more…
Kukapanyu “My home, I grow up there. Me and my families. Kukapunyu is a yinta (permanent spring). We camp there. When it rains [we] go to Wajaparni rock hole. Old people- my dad, my mummy go out early morning hunting around there. Get parnajarrpa (sand goanna), lunki (witchetty grub), pussy cat. Get the dingo, baby one, Read more…