Panu (All) Paddy JAPALJARRI STEWART Solo Exhibition

A Collection of Fine Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Art

Panu (All) Paddy JAPALJARRI STEWART Solo Exhibition

A Collection of Fine Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PADDY JAPALJARRI STEWART of Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu). The title is Door 11 - Karnta Jukurrpa (Women Dreaming). [2613/11] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PADDY JAPALJARRI STEWART of Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu). The title is Door 11 - Karnta Jukurrpa (Women Dreaming). [2613/11] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)
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PADDY JAPALJARRI STEWART (dec)

Door 11 - Karnta Jukurrpa (Women Dreaming)
2613/11
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
 Door 11 - Karnta Jukurrpa (Wom… | 2613/11
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
 107 x 46cm | 42.13 x 18.11in
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This Jukurrpa tells part of a long and complex story of the travels of a group of Dreamtime Women, of all ages, who travelled thousands of kilometers from near the Western Australia/Northern Territory border through into Queensland. It is a journey about country, women’s business, ceremony and survival. On the journey from west to east they would stop and hold ceremonies. They stopped at a place just north of Yuendumu, where they held a ceremony and where they killed and ate wardapi or goanna before continuing on with their journey. In this painting women are preparing for ceremony. During preparation time, faces and bodies are painted, bush tucker is gathered, and there is song and dance. In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa. In this painting, ‘U’ shapes represent karnta (women), vertical lines represent karlangu (digging sticks) and horizontal lines represent jipiji (painting sticks).

This Jukurrpa tells part of a long and complex story of the travels of a group of Dreamtime Women, of all ages, who travelled thousands of kilometers from near the Western Australia/Northern Territory border through into Queensland. It is a journey about country, women’s business, ceremony and survival. On the journey from west to east they would stop and hold ceremonies. They stopped at a place just north of Yuendumu, where they held a ceremony and where they killed and ate wardapi or goanna...