Julie Yatjitja Yankunytjatjara, b. 1969
Iwantja Tjukitji (Iwantja Soakage), 2020
acrylic on linen
152 x 122 cm
59 7/8 x 48 1/8 in
59 7/8 x 48 1/8 in
MM4966
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Julie’s paintings shimmer with exuberant energy. She captures the intensity and power of country where the Iwantja Tjukitji (Iwantja Soakage) is located, and which holds the story of the Tjurki...
Julie’s paintings shimmer with exuberant energy. She captures the
intensity and power of country where the Iwantja Tjukitji (Iwantja
Soakage) is located, and which holds the story of the Tjurki (native
owl.)
Julie was born in the cool waters of the Iwantja creek, next to
the large Tjukitji. The area is shaded by large gum trees, and the
banks of the creek nestle close to large boulders. As a child she and
her family lived here in a hand-built wiltja (shelter).
Yankunytjatjara
families played in the creek waters and drank from the soakage. The
water gave vitality and life to the area, and provided a cool place for
the families to live during the hot summers.
This special Tjukitji is
where the Indulkana com munity first began. This place also holds the
tjukurpa of the Tjurki who travelled across the desert and came to live
in a large gum tree by the creek, to watch over the Anangu and keep them
safe.
intensity and power of country where the Iwantja Tjukitji (Iwantja
Soakage) is located, and which holds the story of the Tjurki (native
owl.)
Julie was born in the cool waters of the Iwantja creek, next to
the large Tjukitji. The area is shaded by large gum trees, and the
banks of the creek nestle close to large boulders. As a child she and
her family lived here in a hand-built wiltja (shelter).
Yankunytjatjara
families played in the creek waters and drank from the soakage. The
water gave vitality and life to the area, and provided a cool place for
the families to live during the hot summers.
This special Tjukitji is
where the Indulkana com munity first began. This place also holds the
tjukurpa of the Tjurki who travelled across the desert and came to live
in a large gum tree by the creek, to watch over the Anangu and keep them
safe.
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