EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE - EMILYĀ€™S DREAMING
EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE
EMILYĀ€™S DREAMING, 1996
230 x 124 cm
synthetic polymer paint on belgian linen
PROVENANCE
Utopia, NT
Commissioned by the Chalmers family, 1996 with accompanying working photographs.Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne Private Collection, USA Sothebyā€™s Important Aboriginal Art, 2007 Private Collection, NSW.
STORY
These abandoned gestural strokes are energetic, focusing on the fertile anticipation of a good season of bush tucker in the desert. The composition of line and colour is very peaceful, with the palette representing the colours of ripening fruits and flowers. This flower Kame changes in colour with the age of the plant, the constituents of the soil and the season.Awelye the ceremonial expression, releases the spiritual power that nurtures fertility and hardiness. The belief that good seasons always return, that the yam ā€�always comes backā€™, is fundamental to understanding the desert environment, and therefore survival. A parallel layer of expression runs with the fundamental understanding of awelye that being of basic human nature, understanding it, and abiding by the rules set down by society in order that it too, will survive.ā€�the emu he likes that kame a little bit, thatā€™s all. The flower is mainly white,sometimes a little bit yellow,pink too. Thatā€™s right,it changes colour a bitā€¯It is clear that Emily was a strong holder of the law and a personification of the Altyerre (identity) for the Yam. She is informing us about the country,exploring mental images of a spectacular harvest and sharing with us something of herself -kame ,yam seed and flower
EXHIBITED
home is where the art is, September 2012, Coo-ee Art GalleryThe Bright The Bold & The Beautiful, March 2012, Coo-ee Art GalleryAIAM100.com Exhibition Launch , August 2010, Coo-ee Art Gallery
