ANGELINA GULUWULLA KARDADA BOONA - WANDJINA EMERGING
ANGELINA GULUWULLA KARDADA BOONA
WANDJINA EMERGING, 2022
80 x 60 cm
Natural Earth Pigments on Canvas
REGION
Kalumburu, Kimberley, WA
PROVENANCE
Warinagarri Aboriginal Arts, NT
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
STORY
In the dream time our ancestors didn't believe in God. One day a big storm came across our land. Our ancestors went to the cave to get away from the rain and the flood, they all settled in their new home in the cave they looked out and saw a figure in the clouds they thought is was a ghost, but it was Wandjina emerging from behind the biggest storm that was building up, the water rose, but our people, our ancestors were all safe from the rain and the flood. Today we still have the monsoon rain and the flood still comes up, but we will never get flooded out,because it is believe he is still watching over us in case we get flooded out.
Angelina was born in Kalumburu and has lived in Kalumburu all her life. Her mum is famous artist Lily Karadada and her father is Jack Karadada, who was a medicine man and would make artefacts like didgeredoo and spears for hunting.
"My mum used to paint on bark, bush baskets and Numarrga (bush cradle). I learnt two languages from my parents, plus other languages in my life."
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