Walytjarara Walytjarara : All in the Family: In partnership with Maruku Arts

Punu Painta Putukurapa– wood carving, painting, photography

For almost 40 years, Maruku Arts, based at the Mutitjulu  community at Uluru has been coordinating the making, buying, promotion and sales of the now famous, highly distinctive Central Australian Aboriginal carved wooden artefacts. Made in 20 communities over thousands of square kilometres of the APY and NPY Lands of SA, NT and WA, the punu (wood) artefacts range from traditional hunting spears, shields, clubs, clapsticks and piti (wooden bowls) to delightful carved animals, birds and reptiles as well as wall boards incised with hot wires to create patterns called  'walka'.

Featuring a wide range of carvings, walka boards, paintings and photographs, this exhibition is the first major exhibition of contemporary Maruku works in Victoria.