Spring in the Desert: Landscapes in colour
Past exhibition
Puna Yanima Australian, Yankunytjatjara, b. 1955
Antara
acrylic on linen
152 x 122 cm
788847
Antara is a sacred place for Anangu. It holds many tjukurpa (songlines) stories that cross this land. The painting depicts this special place. Antara has a very important rockhole where...
Antara is a sacred place for Anangu. It holds many tjukurpa (songlines) stories that cross this land. The painting depicts this special place. Antara has a very important rockhole where women peform inmaku pakani, a dance ceremony that would create enough maku for everyone. The painting also depicts the landscape which is surrounded with rocks, rockholes creeks and mountains,