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 21 - Marlu Jukurrpa (Red Kangaroo Dreaming). [2190/11] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PADDY JAPALJARRI STEWART of Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu). The title is Door 21 - Marlu Jukurrpa (Red Kangaroo Dreaming). [2190/11] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)
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PADDY JAPALJARRI STEWART (dec)

Door 21 - Marlu Jukurrpa (Red Kangaroo Dreaming)
2190/11
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
 Door 21 - Marlu Jukurrpa (Red … | 2190/11
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
 107 x 46cm | 42.13 x 18.11in
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This painting depicts the Marlu Jukurrpa (red kangaroo [Macropus rufus] Dreaming) who came from Nyirampi in the East to Yuparni. ‘Marlu’ are highly valued as a food source by Warlpiri people. In the story of this painting two ancestral kangaroos, of the same age, made their camp at Yuparni. During the day they would move off in different directions, moving from place to place - hunting during the day and returning at night to the camp. They traveled around large areas of country looking for their preferred foods, which include ‘yukuri’ (fresh green growth) and ‘yulkardi’ (desert cucumber [Mukia micrantha]) a low-growing herb found underneath ‘mulga’ trees which is used by Warlpiri people for medicinal purposes. We celebrate this story when we perform the Parnpa. This Jukurrpa is the custodial responsibility of Japaljarri/Jungarrayi men and Napaljarri/Nungarrayi women.

In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites and other elements. Concentric circles are often used in depictions of this story to represent the rocks at Yarnardilyi. The arc shapes depict the kangaroo’s camp in the Jurnti area and ’E’ and hooked shapes usually depict the ‘marlu wirliya’ (kangaroo fore and hind footprints) while long, straight lines represent the ‘marlu ngirnti’ (kangaroo tail tracks).

This painting depicts the Marlu Jukurrpa (red kangaroo [Macropus rufus] Dreaming) who came from Nyirampi in the East to Yuparni. ‘Marlu’ are highly valued as a food source by Warlpiri people. In the story of this painting two ancestral kangaroos, of the same age, made their camp at Yuparni. During the day they would move off in different directions, moving from place to place - hunting during the day and returning at night to the camp. They traveled around large areas of country looking...