SPINIFEX 2022: OPENING AUGUST 12 @ 6PM : ALL WELCOME
Past exhibition
Lawrence Pennington Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1934
Pukara, 2022
acrylic on linen
137 x 90 cm
22-67
Lawrence Pennington touches the deepest qualities of the Tjukurpa in the unseen, taking the broad brush to minimal resemblance of the characters that inhabited the first journey. He guides the...
Lawrence Pennington touches the deepest qualities of the Tjukurpa in the unseen, taking the broad brush to minimal resemblance of the characters that inhabited the first journey. He guides the significant site of Pukara effortlessly onto the canvas, channelling the essence of the Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Men Creation Line) from a time before when Lawrence walked throughout Spinifex Country. A time when he walked with the Song, following the physical manifestation left by the creation beings in the landscape, of the stories that made it so and of the characters that played out the journey. It is from Pukara that the Two Men, a father and son powerful water serpent, depart on a significant ceremonial journey throughout Spinifex Country.