Selina Kulitja Pitjantjatjara, b. 1972
Minyma Kutjara, 2018
acrylic on plywood
45 x 45 x 9 cm
5 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 3 1/2 in
5 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 3 1/2 in
MM5700
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Selina Kulitja is minyma Anangu, an Aboriginal woman from the Central Desert area of Australia. Her mother, senor artist, Nyinku Kulitja, taught her and Selina began carving in her own...
Selina Kulitja is minyma Anangu, an Aboriginal woman from the Central Desert area of Australia. Her mother, senor artist, Nyinku Kulitja, taught her and Selina began carving in her own right in the early 1990s. She began painting with Maruku in 2007and was elected chair person in 2018, Selina is a strong ambassador for Maruku, bringing her people’s art and culture to the wider world through workshops and exhibitions. She is also a Health Worker in her local community clinic and a land management advisor with the Katiti-Petermann Indigenous Protected Area. She is an active spokesperson as both a local and regional council representative. Her artwork themes include Kungkarangkalpa - Seven Sisters, Minyma Kutjara - The Two Women, Ngankari - Traditional Healer, Tjitji Ngati - The Children.
Through Selina's traditional lands travels the Tjukurpa of Minyma Kutjara, The Two Women. During the creation period, as they hunted and adventured along the way, they formed many aspects of the landscape and left behind information still used today about the important rituals and work of collecting mai or plant foods.
Selina has shown the two women in both figurative and symbolic form.
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