KATHLEEN PETYARRE - MY COUNTRY - MCA

 KATHLEEN PETYARRE
MY COUNTRY - MCA,  1999
182 x182cm
synthetic polymer paint on belgian linen
 
PROVENANCE
Utopia, NT
Gallerie Australis, S.ACooee Art Gallery, NSWPrivate Collection, NSW 
 
STORY
This represents an aerial view composition of Kathleen Petyarreā€™s sacred Dreaming site of the Mountain Devil Lizard in the vicinity of Mosquito Bore on Utopia Station. It is here at this site that the men and women of the eastern Anmatyerre language conduct important secret and sacred initiation ceremonies. This Dreaming site is situated in the artistā€™s fatherā€™s country and the general locality is identified by a group of sand-hills. The painting portrays the area scattered with seeds, summer bush flowers and spinifex grasses. The sand-hills represents a sacred Womenā€™s Dreaming site associated with the green pea (antweth).
 
EXHIBITED
Illustrated in the 1999 Galerie Australis Kathleen Petyarre Catalogue, page 14Illustrated in The Showcase Australians In the Spotlight, article written by Christine Nicholls, The Australian Way, Page 118Exhibited: Genius of Place: The work of Kathleen Petyarre, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW 9th May - 22nd July 2001 Cooee Art Gallery at Australian Galleries, April 2016, Australian Galleries SydneyCooee: Come Here, March 2021, Cooee Art | Redfern