BILL TJAPALTJARRI WHISKEY - ROCKHOLES AND COUNTRY NEAR AYERS ROCK AND THE OLGAS
BILL TJAPALTJARRI WHISKEY
ROCKHOLES AND COUNTRY NEAR AYERS ROCK AND THE OLGAS, 2006
90 x 46 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas
PROVENANCE
Mt Leibig, NT
Watiyawarnu Art Centre, NTJohn Gardner Gallery, NSWPrivate Collection, NSWCooee Art, NSW
STORY
In this paintings on canvas, Rock Holes and Country Near The Olgas water places, such as Pirupa Akla are marked by sets of concentric circles, their dazzling presence representing their powerful life-giving significance, rather than their actual size. The actions of the White Cockatoo and Crow ancestors are encrypted as dotted patches that reference topographic features associated with the Dreaming.