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 keep their culture strong. Younger Martu artists typically begin painting 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 keep their culture strong. Younger Martu artists typically begin painting 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…
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 the artists’ ngurra (home Country, camp), typically represented with circular 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 as sources of kapi (water), tali (sandhills), and different varieties 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.
Mungulu “Mungulu, down at the Canning Stock Route, it’s a rockhole place. That’s where Dadda and her family come from. Nyarru, old lady.” – Miriam Atkins This Painting depicts Mungulu an important kapi (water) place, Kakarra (East) of Puntawarri, a now abandoned community in-between Jigalong and Well 17 on the Read more…
Karlamilyi This painting depicts Karlamilyi, also known as Rudall River National Park. It is situated in between the communities of Parnngurr and Punmu and is a very beautiful and important area. Rudall River runs through Karlamilyi into Nyayartakujarra, or Lake Dora, a very large salt warla (lake). Karlamilyi is Warnman Read more…
Kulyakartu Wilyamitimiti “Wilyamitimiti, man eater, only self. He been walk around Kulyakartu area. Marlkarri (dead) kukurrpa (kind of devil), he been have a plenty people in dreaming time, cook him up, eat him eat plenty in the night time. He been living in a cave. Lightning from Kaljali (Jaramarra spring), Read more…