Making a Mark

A Collection of Fine Spinifex Indigenous Art

Making a Mark

A Collection of Fine Spinifex Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY of Spinifex Artists. The title is Makan. [20-214] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY of Spinifex Artists. The title is Makan. [20-214] (Acrylic on Linen)
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KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY (dec)

Makan
20-214
Acrylic on Linen
 Makan | 20-214
Acrylic on Linen
 137 x 140cm | 53.94 x 55.12in
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Patju Presley paints with such a spiritual confidence, as someone who knows their place in the Creation. Here he depicts the significant site of Kulpinya situated in the north of traditional Spinifex Lands.

This site manifests the Wati Ngintaka Tjukurpa (Perentie Man Creation Line) and Patju tells of the two kali (boomerang) that are here and were placed in the ground to try to stop Minyma Nyulu (Golden Bandicoot Woman) from entering the area.

These characters that Patju depicts within a living, breathing landscape are the creation beings who shaped the immediate environment as they moved through it, leaving a moral narrative etched into the physical domain as testament to their power and presence. it is this physical, spiritual and religious existence that cannot be separated for Patju and is what gives his work the transcendent quality we experience from it.

Patju Presley paints with such a spiritual confidence, as someone who knows their place in the Creation. Here he depicts the significant site of Kulpinya situated in the north of traditional Spinifex Lands.

This site manifests the Wati Ngintaka Tjukurpa (Perentie Man Creation Line) and Patju tells of the two kali (boomerang) that are here and were placed in the ground to try to stop Minyma Nyulu (Golden Bandicoot Woman) from entering the area.

These characters that Patju depicts...