KUTJUNGKARINYI : COME TOGETHER: SIGNIFICANT WORKS FROM AMATA
Past exhibition
Tjala Women's Collaborative
Ngayuku Ngura - My Country, 2022
acrylic on linen
200 x 227 cm
174-22
In this painting the women of Tjala Arts, including Iluwanti Ken, Nyurpaya Kaika Burton, Mary Pan, Beverly Burton, Maureen Douglas, Tjimpayi Presley, and Naomi Kantjuriny have worked together to depict...
In this painting the women of Tjala Arts, including Iluwanti Ken, Nyurpaya Kaika Burton, Mary Pan, Beverly Burton, Maureen Douglas, Tjimpayi Presley, and Naomi Kantjuriny have worked together to depict their country. Each artist's unique mark is distinguished on the canvas, the different colours and designs represent variations in the landscape.
“My sister and her friends, the old ladies of Amata Community started this Art Centre many years ago. All these years later Tjala Arts has grown and the old ladies and I who started this place are still here teaching our culture to younger generations every day. Our art centre is the beating heart of Amata Community. The art centre is our business, owned by Anangu. We have watched it grow strong and are proud of what it has achieved. This painting was made by the young and old women of Tjala Arts. We are one community; we are from lots of different families, but we are really one family and we share one business that will be strong and continue for future generations to come. We are the managers of Tjala Arts and the bosses of our culture. Our land, our country, our culture. This is ours and our children’s and the future generations to come, not for anyone else.”
- Nyurpaya Kaika
“My sister and her friends, the old ladies of Amata Community started this Art Centre many years ago. All these years later Tjala Arts has grown and the old ladies and I who started this place are still here teaching our culture to younger generations every day. Our art centre is the beating heart of Amata Community. The art centre is our business, owned by Anangu. We have watched it grow strong and are proud of what it has achieved. This painting was made by the young and old women of Tjala Arts. We are one community; we are from lots of different families, but we are really one family and we share one business that will be strong and continue for future generations to come. We are the managers of Tjala Arts and the bosses of our culture. Our land, our country, our culture. This is ours and our children’s and the future generations to come, not for anyone else.”
- Nyurpaya Kaika