Iwantja Women's Collaborative
Ngura (Country), 2021
acrylic on linen
167 x 198 cm
65 3/4 x 78 in
65 3/4 x 78 in
MM5475
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Artists: Judith Walkabout, Beverly Brumby, Priscilla Singer, Julie Yatjitja, Raylene Walatinna, Betty Chimney, Maxine Stuart and Rosalind TjanyariIn Pitjantjatjara language, the word Ngura is a definition for the physical geography...
Artists: Judith Walkabout, Beverly Brumby, Priscilla Singer, Julie Yatjitja, Raylene Walatinna, Betty Chimney, Maxine Stuart and Rosalind TjanyariIn Pitjantjatjara language, the word Ngura is a definition
for the physical geography of land and country. However Ngura has a more
richly embedded meaning as a place to which someone belongs; defining
where an individual comes from, family connections, skin groups, and
language.
and memories of country that is personal to the artist. Iconography of
significant elements within the desert landscape such as rock holes,
underground springs, mountain and rock formations, and sacred sites are
meticulously recorded from memory, and often depicted from an aerial
perspective.
