Untitled, 2014

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

40.5 x 40.5 cm

$800

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Provenance: Kaltjiti Arts, Fregon, SA, Cat No. 14-103
Artwork story: Ngipi Ward, born in 1949, in Tjirrkaupa, Patjarr, in the Gibson Desert, Western Australia. She led a nomadic life of hunting and gathering with her family until well into the 1960s. Her paintings depict water sites belonging to her husband who she would accompany when visiting these sites. They include a significant rockhole called Katantjarra. Further along their journey, they would reach Yumantjarra, which has two rockholes where rabbits could be hunted. Other sites included Warlku and Purmingka, each with two rockholes, and Mulyartjan, an area with four rockholes west of Patjarr. They traversed the country moving from water to water. In the Dreaming story (tjukurrpa) that explains the creation of this country, the rockholes were created by Tjilkamarda, the echidna ancestor, who in a fit of anger caused a hailstorm. He then traveled to a large claypan site, and later to a place called Manmun. Another sacred songline, the Wati Kutjarra (two men) tjukurrpa, also passed through this region, continuing to Tallalla, Parrantja, and Tukarankatja rockholes, where the two men encountered and 'took' a woman on their long travels to the south.

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c. 1949 – 2014

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

40.5 x 40.5 cm

$800

Secure payment via Stripe. Prices in AUD.

Provenance: Kaltjiti Arts, Fregon, SA, Cat No. 14-103
Artwork story: Ngipi Ward, born in 1949, in Tjirrkaupa, Patjarr, in the Gibson Desert, Western Australia. She led a nomadic life of hunting and gathering with her family until well into the 1960s. Her paintings depict water sites belonging to her husband who she would accompany when visiting these sites. They include a significant rockhole called Katantjarra. Further along their journey, they would reach Yumantjarra, which has two rockholes where rabbits could be hunted. Other sites included Warlku and Purmingka, each with two rockholes, and Mulyartjan, an area with four rockholes west of Patjarr. They traversed the country moving from water to water. In the Dreaming story (tjukurrpa) that explains the creation of this country, the rockholes were created by Tjilkamarda, the echidna ancestor, who in a fit of anger caused a hailstorm. He then traveled to a large claypan site, and later to a place called Manmun. Another sacred songline, the Wati Kutjarra (two men) tjukurrpa, also passed through this region, continuing to Tallalla, Parrantja, and Tukarankatja rockholes, where the two men encountered and 'took' a woman on their long travels to the south.