Kapi Tjukurla Tjuta (Waterhole): PAULINE WAGIN, PUNA YANIMA & MARINA PUMANI

Short St Gallery presents Kapi Tjukurla Tjuta (Water Hole) as interpreted by Pauline Wangin, Puna Yanima and Marina Warari Brown Pumani. The relationship to Kapi (water) and Tjukurla Tjuta (rock holes) is an extremely important one. It effects everyday life, food, ceremony, Tjukurpa and all the seen and unseen changes experienced in the landscape. Each artist in this exhibition has a unique relationship to Kapi and an individual visual language, informed by their different ages and cultural duties.

“One time when I was a little girl, my mother and me went out driving to collect bush tucker. It was a very hot day, and our car broke down. We didn't have any water with us, and I was scared, but my mother led me away from the car to kapi tjukula really close by. She taught me how to find it, and how to care for it. After emptying the kapi (water) with mara munu punu (hands and sticks) the empty tjukula is cleaned. We place punu tjuta (many sticks and branches) over the top of the tjukula and use puli pulka (big rock) to stop them blowing away. Now no animals can dirty the new water that will soon collect." – Pauline Wangin

Through their distinct painting styles, they reflect and explore the vast presences Kapi and Kapi Tjukurla have in and around their home of Mimili. Pauline speaks to the caring of water sources, Marina explores the importance of water in the life cycle of bush foods and Puna focus on the ceremonies that take place at Antara, a very important series of rock holes.

We invite you to view this spectacular exhibition celebrating the Kapi Tjukurla Tjuta.