rawa tjunguku - working together a long time

New major works from Spinifex Arts Project

rawa tjunguku - working together a long time

New major works from Spinifex Arts Project

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY of Spinifex Artists. The title is Pututiri. [24-262] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY of Spinifex Artists. The title is Pututiri. [24-262] (Acrylic on Linen)
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KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY (dec)

Pututiri
24-262 (2024)
Acrylic on Linen
 Pututiri | 24-262
Acrylic on Linen
 137 x 90cm | 53.94 x 35.43in
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Patju Presley paints with such 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 to form his striking compositions. Here he depicts the significant site of Pututiri which holds the Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Women Creation Line). Patju says 'There is a rock hole here and you must dig for water.'

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 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 to form his striking compositions. Here he depicts the significant site of Pututiri which holds the Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Women Creation Line). Patju says 'There is a rock hole here and you must dig for water.'

These characters that Patju depicts within a living, breathing landscape...