ANYUPA STEVENS - TJALA TJAWANI

ANYUPA STEVENS
TJALA TJAWANI,  2015
100 x 100 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas
 
REGION
APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) Lands
 
PROVENANCE
Tjungu Palya, SA
Cooee Art Leven, NSW 
 
STORY
These are the tjala (honey ants) of my grandmother's country near Fregon. They are going back and forth on top of the earth and under the earth in their holes. I used to go digging for tjala with my grandmother and she would tell me stories and show me where to dig.
 
EXHIBITED
A Cooee Christmas | Next Gen 2021, December 2021, Cooee Art | Redfern
 
ARTIST PROFILE
ANYUPA STEVENS