Nganampa Tjukurpa Kunpu Kanyinma - Keeping Our Story Strong

A Collection of Fine Tjungu Palya Indigenous Art

Nganampa Tjukurpa Kunpu Kanyinma - Keeping Our Story Strong

A Collection of Fine Tjungu Palya Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MARINGKA BAKER of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa. [19-075] (Synthetic Polymer on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MARINGKA BAKER of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa. [19-075] (Synthetic Polymer on Linen)
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MARINGKA BAKER

Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa
19-075
Synthetic Polymer on Linen
 Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa | 19-075
Synthetic Polymer on Linen
 150 x 240cm | 59.06 x 94.49in
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This is Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa (the creation story of the two sisters). The big sister was travelling with her younger sister back to their homeland. The little sister was reluctant to head further and further north as she had been living with a different family near the ocean to the south. She had been lost for a long time and was unfamiliar with the landscape the big sister was showing her. Eventually the older sister gave her a piggyback and tried to comfort her. She continued to teach her all about the country they travelled through. Sometimes when they stopped they performed Inma (sacred singing and dancing). They camped at Punuwara and Irrunytju rockhole before heading further north to Docker River.

In my paintings you can see all the different parts of these landscapes as they were shown to the younger sister and as they change into each other.

Exhibited - Of the Sun, curated by Gina Mobayed (6 Dec 2019 - 15 Jan 2020).  Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn, NSW, Australia.

This is Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa (the creation story of the two sisters). The big sister was travelling with her younger sister back to their homeland. The little sister was reluctant to head further and further north as she had been living with a different family near the ocean to the south. She had been lost for a long time and was unfamiliar with the landscape the big sister was showing her. Eventually the older sister gave her a piggyback and tried to comfort her. She continued to teach her all...