MILATJARI PUMANI - NGURA WALYTJA, ANTARA
MILATJARI PUMANI
NGURA WALYTJA, ANTARA, 2012
152 x 122 cm
acrylic on Belgian linen
REGION
APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) Lands
PROVENANCE
Mimili Maku Arts, SA Cat No. MIM110-2012
Private Collection, NSW
accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mimili Maku Arts
STORY
Milatjari was born in the bush in North-western South Australia. When she was still a young girl, her family encountered stockmen at a waterhole called Victory Well on Everard Park Station. She did not begin painting until 2008, when she was about 80 years old.
Milatjari paints the Maku Dreaming associated with Antara, land close to Mimili. This is her uncle's traditional country, and Milatjari's family often went hunting and gathered food there when she was young.
Her style and technique has influenced many of Mimili Maku's younger artists, including her daughter Ngupulya and Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin.
ARTIST PROFILE
