Affordable Art Fair (AAF) - 2013

Contemporary Indigenous Art from Across Australia

Affordable Art Fair (AAF) - 2013

Contemporary Indigenous Art from Across Australia

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by GERALDINE NANGALA GALLAGHER of Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu). The title is Watiya-warnu Jukurrpa (Seed Dreaming). [534/13ny] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by GERALDINE NANGALA GALLAGHER of Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu). The title is Watiya-warnu Jukurrpa (Seed Dreaming). [534/13ny] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)
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GERALDINE NANGALA GALLAGHER

Watiya-warnu Jukurrpa (Seed Dreaming)
534/13ny
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
 Watiya-warnu Jukurrpa (Seed Dr… | 534/13ny
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
 76 x 61cm | 29.92 x 24.02in
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This painting tells the story of a Jangala ‘watiya-warnu’ (Acacia tenuissima) ancestor who travelled south from a small hill called Ngurlupurranyangu to Yamunturrngu (Mount Liebig).  As he travelled he picked the ‘watiya-warnu’ seeds and placed them in ‘parrajas’ (food carriers), one of which he carried on his head.  Watiya-warnu is a seed bearing tree that grows in open spinifex or mulga country.  When people returned to their camp after collecting the seeds they would make large windbreaks for shelter and winnow the seed in the late afternoon.  Immature ‘watiya-warnu’ seed is ground into a paste and can be used to treat upset stomachs.  The associated ‘watiya-warnu’ ceremony involves the preparation of a large ground painting.  This Jukurrpa belongs to Nampijinpa/Nangala women and Jampijinpa/Jangala men.  In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites and other elements.  In paintings of this Dreaming ‘U’ shapes are often depicting women collecting the ‘watiya-warnu’ seeds.  Oval shapes represent the ‘parrajas’ where they carry the seeds and strait lines beside them frequently portrait digging sticks.

This painting tells the story of a Jangala ‘watiya-warnu’ (Acacia tenuissima) ancestor who travelled south from a small hill called Ngurlupurranyangu to Yamunturrngu (Mount Liebig).  As he travelled he picked the ‘watiya-warnu’ seeds and placed them in ‘parrajas’ (food carriers), one of which he carried on his head.  Watiya-warnu is a seed bearing tree that grows in open spinifex or mulga country.  When people returned to their camp after collecting...