ESTHER GILES NAMPITJINPA - KURUYURLTU

ESTHER GILES NAMPITJINPA
KURUYURLTU, 2016
acrylic on canvas
75.5 x 101.5 cm
 
PROVENANCE
Tjarlirli Art Centre, WA #16-239
Art Leven, Gadigal
 
STORY
This painting is about a Dreamtime story. The story is from Esther's Mother's country- 'Mangari'. The painng is about a huge tunnel that runs through the ground in the Mangari country. The Ngaanyatjarra people call the site 'Kuru Yurltu'- meaning 'Hollow Eye'. This cavern-like tunnel holds a large body of water, and is the the physical representaon of a dreamtime story in which a man is speared through the torso as punishment for a crime. This tunnel represents the hole in the man's body after being speared.