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 Piltjitjara. [19-346] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY of Spinifex Artists. The title is Piltjitjara. [19-346] (Acrylic on Linen)
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KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY (dec)

Piltjitjara
19-346
Acrylic on Linen
 Piltjitjara | 19-346
Acrylic on Linen
 200 x 137cm | 78.74 x 53.94in
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Patju Presley has depicted country that encompasses the Wati Tjutaku Tjukurpa (Many Men Creation Line). This is situated over a vast landscape surrounding the significant site of Piltjitjara in the northeast of traditional Spinifex Lands. This Tjukurpa pertains to the movement of young boys as they journey into ceremonial life to become men and cannot be elaborated upon because of the nature of its content. 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 in its presence.

Patju Presley has depicted country that encompasses the Wati Tjutaku Tjukurpa (Many Men Creation Line). This is situated over a vast landscape surrounding the significant site of Piltjitjara in the northeast of traditional Spinifex Lands. This Tjukurpa pertains to the movement of young boys as they journey into ceremonial life to become men and cannot be elaborated upon because of the nature of its content. These characters that Patju depicts within a living, breathing landscape are the creation...