Paltjuliri

A Solo Exhibition by Kunmanara Patju Prelsey

Paltjuliri

A Solo Exhibition by Kunmanara Patju Prelsey

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY of Spinifex Artists. The title is Ilpili. [25-173] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY of Spinifex Artists. The title is Ilpili. [25-173] (Acrylic on Linen)
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KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY (dec)

Ilpili
25-173 (2025)
Acrylic on Linen
 Ilpili | 25-173
Acrylic on Linen
 75 x 60cm | 29.53 x 23.62in
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Patju Presley paints with such a spiritual confidence, as someone who knows their place in the Creation, often singing the associated songs of particular sites whilst rhythmically placing his myriad of dots. Here he depicts the significant site of Ilpili situated to the east of traditional Spinifex Lands. It is here that Wati Tjuta (Many Men) depart on ceremonial business.

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, often singing the associated songs of particular sites whilst rhythmically placing his myriad of dots. Here he depicts the significant site of Ilpili situated to the east of traditional Spinifex Lands. It is here that Wati Tjuta (Many Men) depart on ceremonial business.

These characters that Patju depicts within a living, breathing landscape are the creation beings who shaped the immediate...