TJUKURPA MULAPA: THIS IS A TRUE STORY
Past exhibition
Beryl Jimmy Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1970
Nyangatja Watarru, 2020
acrylic on linen
168 x 200 cm
839344
Nyangatja Watarru (this is a place called Watarru). Watarru is my home. This is Anangu tjuta (many Anangu (people)). Anangu tjuta are moving around, moving between waterholes and creeks, and...
Nyangatja Watarru (this is a place called Watarru). Watarru is my home. This is Anangu tjuta (many Anangu (people)). Anangu tjuta are moving around, moving between waterholes and creeks, and looking for food. They go out in the daytime, looking around that country, looking through the bush. They look for food and bring what they find back to the kids at the camp. When the water finishes at one place, they move on to the next waterhole. If there’s no water, they keep walking until they find something. Knowing where to find the water is special knowledge. There is water in a lot of unlikely places. There are creeks, waterholes, rockholes, soakages and springs. Kapi wiru (good water)
Nyangatja Watarru, this is a special place called Watarru. Watarru is my home. Anangu tjuta (people) are moving around, moving between waterholes and creeks, and looking for food. They search in the daytime, walking slowly and patiently around my country, trusting that they will find something to bring back to the children who are waiting at camp.
Nyangatja Watarru, this is a special place called Watarru. Watarru is my home. Anangu tjuta (people) are moving around, moving between waterholes and creeks, and looking for food. They search in the daytime, walking slowly and patiently around my country, trusting that they will find something to bring back to the children who are waiting at camp.