Yilpinji Womens Dreaming (love magic), 2003

Screenprint: opaque paint on four acetates

Edition

$450

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Production notes: Acetates created at Lajamanu, July 2002. Print published in Darwin NT, January 2003.
Exhibited: Yilpinji: Love Art and Ceremony, Australian Museum, Sydney; toured nationally and internationally (Australia, United States and Europe), 2002–2003. Curated by Dr Christine Nicholls; coordinated by Adrian Newstead for the Australian Art Print Network.
Artwork story: This is an important male Yilpinji (love magic) story. All women, despite their devotion to the land they grow up in, must forsake this country and once marries go with a man of the right skin group and adopt his country. The artist has shown a Jakamarra man and his Napaljarri partner as U shapes with their genitals protruding in the centre of the image. The woman is surrounded by digging sticks. The man is shown at the top of the image with his shield. They are both travelling from the south to the north. The woman wants to go toward her own country. Her desire to travel east is shown at the bottom of the image. However, the travelling lines are not connected to her destination indicating that the man is preventing her from returning to her country. She must go with him to his own country as indicated by the travelling path shown on either side of the image. He tells her, ‘If you go that way, you will have to travel with another man of the wrong skin group.’

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c.1930 – 2012

Screenprint: opaque paint on four acetates

Edition

$450

Secure payment via Stripe. Prices in AUD.

Production notes: Acetates created at Lajamanu, July 2002. Print published in Darwin NT, January 2003.
Exhibited: Yilpinji: Love Art and Ceremony, Australian Museum, Sydney; toured nationally and internationally (Australia, United States and Europe), 2002–2003. Curated by Dr Christine Nicholls; coordinated by Adrian Newstead for the Australian Art Print Network.
Artwork story: This is an important male Yilpinji (love magic) story. All women, despite their devotion to the land they grow up in, must forsake this country and once marries go with a man of the right skin group and adopt his country. The artist has shown a Jakamarra man and his Napaljarri partner as U shapes with their genitals protruding in the centre of the image. The woman is surrounded by digging sticks. The man is shown at the top of the image with his shield. They are both travelling from the south to the north. The woman wants to go toward her own country. Her desire to travel east is shown at the bottom of the image. However, the travelling lines are not connected to her destination indicating that the man is preventing her from returning to her country. She must go with him to his own country as indicated by the travelling path shown on either side of the image. He tells her, ‘If you go that way, you will have to travel with another man of the wrong skin group.’