WAWIRIYA BURTON - NGAYUKU NGURA - MY COUNTRY

WAWIRIYA BURTON
NGAYUKU NGURA - MY COUNTRY,  2019
182 x 144 cm; 184.5 x 147 cm (framed)
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
 
PROVENANCE
Tjala Arts, SA Cat No. 393-19
Olsen Gallery, NSW
D'lan Contemporary, Vic Cat No. INV-BURW-0001
Private Collection, Vic
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjala Arts
 
STORY
Kunmanara (Wawiriya) Burton is a senior woman of law in Amata Community, in the far northwest of South Australia. She is Ngangkari (traditional healer) and is a revered caretaker of Anangu law and culture.
 
Here, Wawiriya is telling the story of her father's country near Piplatjatjara, west of Amata. It depicts minyma mingkiri juta- 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.
 
EXHIBITED
Reverence 2022, D'lan Contemporary, Melbourne, Vic, 27 October – 03 December 2022