Old Knowledge Young Blood: Senior and emerging artists
Past exhibition
Anyupa Stevens Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1981
Tjala Tjawani
acrylic on linen
151 x 100 cm
828633
These are the tjala (honey ants) of my grandmother's country near Fregon. They are going back and forth on top of the earth and under the earth in their holes....
These are the tjala (honey ants) of my grandmother's country near Fregon. They are going back and forth on top of the earth and under the earth in their holes. I used to go digging for tjala with my grandmother and she would tell me stories and show me where to dig.