TJAPARTJI KANYTJURI BATES - WIRLURAPL
TJAPARTJI KANYTJURI BATES
WIRLURAPL, 2008
101.5 x 152.5 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
PROVENANCE
Warakurna
Warakurna ArtistsAlcaston Gallery, VICPrivate Collection, NSW
STORY
This painting is about Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters). The ladies are camping at Wirlurapl rockhole, just north of Wanarn community and left of the cemetery. There was a man, he was chasing the ladies everywhere. They were digging, digging, digging for water at the rockhole soak. That man was spying on them, he was trying to grab the young one. He nearly got her but they were too quick. They must have flown somewhere? Must be?
EXHIBITED
Cooee Art Gallery at Australian Galleries, April 2016, Australian Galleries Sydney