In Black + White : Aboriginal art in monochrome
Past exhibition
Yam Flowers, 2022
acrylic on linen
121 x 198 cm
MM6163
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Belinda Golder Kngwarreye is a younger generation artist from a long line of famous artists from the Utopia region of the NT. Here she celebrates her country through depicting a...
Belinda Golder Kngwarreye is a younger generation artist from a long line of famous artists from the Utopia region of the NT. Here she celebrates her country through depicting a number of its key women's ancestral creation stories. These include bush melon, bush yam (of which she is a traditional custodian) and women's ceremonies (awelye) in which women paint their bodies and perform songs and dances to bring fertility to the lands. Paintings of country often portray personal stories and memories of country that is significant to the artist. as well as women's ancestral stories iconography of geographic elements within the desert landscape are depicted. These include rock holes, underground springs, mountain and rock formations, and sacred sites. These are meticulously recorded from memory and often depicted from an aerial perspective.
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