Affordable Art Fair (AAF) - 2014

Contemporary Indigenous Art from Across Australia

Affordable Art Fair (AAF) - 2014

Contemporary Indigenous Art from Across Australia

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by NED GRANT of Spinifex Artists. The title is Mulaya. [13298] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by NED GRANT of Spinifex Artists. The title is Mulaya. [13298] (Acrylic on Linen)
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NED GRANT

Mulaya
13298
Acrylic on Linen
 Mulaya | 13298
Acrylic on Linen
 138 x 195cm | 54.33 x 76.77in
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Nyangatja ngura kapi piti Mulaya ka liru Tjuta ka Tjuntun tjiti pulkaringu ka punu Tjuta ini Piralpi ngapari Tjuta muntjini mai wiru ka kutjupa wanampi kutju Ilpililanguru ka paluru kulpitjara nyinanyi.

This painting depicts the rockhole of Mulaya, a place where many snakes live. Also shown here is a place called Tjuntun. I was at this place when I was a young boy and grew up here. All over this painting are the trees called Piralpi (a variety of eucalyptus) and the leaves have a white crust of sweet nectar. There is one Water Serpent Man represented here. He is from a place called Ilpili and lives in a cave there.

Ned is a senior Spinifex man and has painted country where he grew up although the specific details of cultural material within is miil-miilpa (dangerously sacred) and cannot be spoken about in any detail. Ned specifically mentions Mulaya and Ilpili where water is held by Wanampi (Water Snakes) which although dangerous can be placated by the owners of the area through specific ritual and custom.

Nyangatja ngura kapi piti Mulaya ka liru Tjuta ka Tjuntun tjiti pulkaringu ka punu Tjuta ini Piralpi ngapari Tjuta muntjini mai wiru ka kutjupa wanampi kutju Ilpililanguru ka paluru kulpitjara nyinanyi.

This painting depicts the rockhole of Mulaya, a place where many snakes live. Also shown here is a place called Tjuntun. I was at this place when I was a young boy and grew up here. All over this painting are the trees called Piralpi (a variety of eucalyptus) and the leaves have a white crust...