Tjunkaya Tapaya & Alison Munti Riley
Kutungu Tjukurrpa, 2018
acrylic on linen
153 x 123 cm
60 1/4 x 48 3/8 in
60 1/4 x 48 3/8 in
MM4197
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In this painting leading Pitjantjatjara artist Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM has collaborated with her friend and fellow Pitjantjatjara artist Alison Munti Riley. The artists describe the subject of the painting as...
In this painting leading Pitjantjatjara artist Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM has collaborated with her friend and fellow Pitjantjatjara artist Alison Munti Riley.
The artists describe the subject of the painting as a 'scene from the Kutungu Tjukurrpa' (Two Women Dreaming). The story takes place in the country north of Uluru. Kutungu is a woman about which many stories are told. In this particular part of the tale, Kutungu, now the mother of many children, is travelling with them on a long journey by foot. On the way she has gathered vast amounts of bush foods, particularly 'kampurarpa' (bush tomatoes), and is carrying them in her 'piti' on her head. The children become very homesick on this journey far from familiar places and refuse to continue on. Kutungu again and again asks that they come with her, but eventually they sit down and won't budge. She leaves the bush foods with them and continues on alone.'
The artists describe the subject of the painting as a 'scene from the Kutungu Tjukurrpa' (Two Women Dreaming). The story takes place in the country north of Uluru. Kutungu is a woman about which many stories are told. In this particular part of the tale, Kutungu, now the mother of many children, is travelling with them on a long journey by foot. On the way she has gathered vast amounts of bush foods, particularly 'kampurarpa' (bush tomatoes), and is carrying them in her 'piti' on her head. The children become very homesick on this journey far from familiar places and refuse to continue on. Kutungu again and again asks that they come with her, but eventually they sit down and won't budge. She leaves the bush foods with them and continues on alone.'
