WAWIRIYA BURTON - NGAYUKU NGURA - MY COUNTRY
WAWIRIYA BURTON
NGAYUKU NGURA - MY COUNTRY, 2020
200 x 120 cm
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
PROVENANCE
Tjala Arts, Amata, SA, cat no. 194-20Olsen Gallery, NSW
Private Collection, SA
Art Leven, NSW
STORY
Waririya is telling the story of her country near Piplatjatjara, west of Amata. It depicts minyma mingkiri tjuta meaning many small female desert mice. The mingkiri are pregnant and give birth to many babies. They then journey to the surrounding rockholes in search of food and water to feed their young. The dotted lines are mingkiri tracks. This work depicts a Women’s site near an important rockhole, near Tjukurla. The soft roundels represent the rockholes as well as a ceremonial site. The lines represent sandhills.
EXHIBITED
Kunmanara (Wawiriya) Burton, PALUMPA NGURA MUNU TJUKURPA: HER COUNTRY AND STORIES, 6 - 23 October 2021, OLSEN SYDNEY
