Warlu, 2005

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

60 x 45 cm

$2,280

Provenance: Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, WA Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists
Exhibited: Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington, NSW, August 2009 Balgo Past and Present, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, 1 March – 13 April 2014
Artwork story: This painting depicts some of Eubena's traditional country located in the Great Sandy Desert, southwest o f Balgo. This country if found along the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route, around Well 5. The majority of the painting shows the talis or sand dunes, which dominate the landscape of the area. In the centre is shown the waniri, or rock hole of Kinyu, which is important for the dog dreaming Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). The smaller circle depicts a well and soakwater of the region. In the Tjukurrpa one old man lived here until some people arrived and attacked him with spears. He responded by throwing sacred objects made from hair back and yelling at them. The spirit dogs of Kinyu were crying for the old man speared by the intruders.

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c.1920 – 2013

Region: Western Desert
Community: Wirrimanu (Balgo)
Language group: Purtitjarra; Mantjilytjarra; Wangkajunga (Wangkatjunga, Wangkajungka); Kukatja

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

60 x 45 cm

$2,280

Provenance: Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, WA Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists
Exhibited: Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington, NSW, August 2009 Balgo Past and Present, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, 1 March – 13 April 2014
Artwork story: This painting depicts some of Eubena's traditional country located in the Great Sandy Desert, southwest o f Balgo. This country if found along the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route, around Well 5. The majority of the painting shows the talis or sand dunes, which dominate the landscape of the area. In the centre is shown the waniri, or rock hole of Kinyu, which is important for the dog dreaming Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). The smaller circle depicts a well and soakwater of the region. In the Tjukurrpa one old man lived here until some people arrived and attacked him with spears. He responded by throwing sacred objects made from hair back and yelling at them. The spirit dogs of Kinyu were crying for the old man speared by the intruders.