KATHLEEN NGAL - ANWEKETY

 KATHLEEN NGAL
ANWEKETY,  2007
120 x 90cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
 
PROVENANCE
Urapuntja, NT
Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs NTCooee Art Gallery, Sydney NSW 
 
STORY
Kathleenā€™s works can be interpreted as sophisticated mind maps, depicting cultural knowledge of her country as well as its physical geography. Thousands of dots of colour are rained across her brilliant canvases, denoting the varied flora and geographical locations of the Bush Plum. The site depicted is Arlperre on Utopia Station. This is country that belongs to the Ngal and Kemarr custodians, who paint the Bush Plum or Conkleberry. It only thrives once every seven years, after huge storms. Kathleen's paintings can be predominantly white, representing the petals of its flowers, or a range of orange, red, blue, yellow, purple or pink as in this lovely work. In this work we see the plum approaching ripeness, as pink dots overlay white, representing the sun-dried leaves, seeds, husks, and grasses of Arlperre.
 
EXHIBITED
We Choose to Challenge, February 2021, Cooee Art Paddington