Seven Sisters: Lennard Walker, Ngalpingka Simms, Tracey Simms, Angelina Woods & Kathleen Donnegan.
Past exhibition
Lennard Walker Australian, Pitjantjara, b. 1946
Kuru Ala, 2019
Acrylic on linen
200 x 137 cm
833930
Lennard has depicted country associated with the Minyma Tjuta Tjukurpa (Seven Sisters Creation Line) This is a major womens narrative that follows a group of young women as the traverse...
Lennard has depicted country associated with the Minyma Tjuta Tjukurpa (Seven Sisters Creation Line) This is a major womens narrative that follows a group of young women as the traverse Spinifex Country and beyond, always evading the amorous pursuit of the lustful older man Nyiru. These are creation beings who shape the landscape within the narrative as they move through it. The 'sisters' eventually flee into the sky to become the Pelides constellation. Lennard says you can see them first in the morning. In this painting Lennard says the Seven sisters make a yuul at Kuru Ala. They are hiding from that man, Nyiru. He has depicted the significant sites they moved through on their journey. Tjukaltjara, Mu -Mu , Palka-Palka and Kulyuru.