SADIE PADOON - NAKARRA NAKARRA
SADIE PADOON
NAKARRA NAKARRA, 2021
122 x 61 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
REGION
Balgo Hills, WA
PROVENANCE
Warlayirti, Balgo Hills, WA
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
STORY
The country depicted here is Nakarra Nakarra, one of the sites of the Seven Sisters Dreaming, a story about seven sisters who travel the ancestral landscape running from an old man who wants to marry the youngest. At Nakarra Nakarra a group of hills embody the seven sisters, among which is found a tjumu, or soakwater, shown in the centre of the painting.
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