Good Together: Tjungu Palya 2016
Past exhibition
Beryl Jimmy Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1970
Nyangatja Watarru
acrylic on linen
200 x 200 cm
831674
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, rock-holes, soakages and springs. Kapi wiru (good water)