ANGELINA TJADUWA WOODS - PINGKATJA
ANGELINA TJADUWA WOODS
PINGKATJA, 2009
81 x 136 cm
Synthetic polymer on Belgian linen
REGION
Spinifex Homelands Tjuntjutjarra, WA
PROVENANCE
Spinifex Arts Project, W.A
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
STORY
Tjaduwa was born in the Great Victoria Desert at the Ikkawitja rockhole in 1941. She grew up with her family traversing desert homelands, decades after most Spinifex people had been driven out by drought and nuclear testing at Maralinga. In 1986, she and her family became the last known Australian Aboriginals to abandon a nomadic life for that of a community settlement.
In this painting, Tjaduwa paints Pingkatja, an area within the group of places she was born and "walked around" as a young girl. Tjaduwa has an intimate knowledge of her country, it's stories, how places are connected through story, and how to survive in extremely harsh conditions.
EXHIBITED
The Bright The Bold & The Beautiful, March 2012, Cooee Art Leven, NSW
Tracking the Wati Kutjarra, November 2009, Cooee Art Leven, NSW
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