ESTHER GILES NAMPITJINPA - WANARN TJILPI AND PAINTING PROGRAM

ESTHER GILES NAMPITJINPA
WANARN TJILPI AND PAINTING PROGRAM, 2017
acrylic on canvas
30 X 66 cm
 
PROVENANCE
Warakurna Artists, WA #465-17
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.