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The Summer Collector's Show 2022 : Outstanding Aboriginal Art from around Australia

Past exhibition
27 December 2021 - 21 February 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shorty Jangala Robertson, Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) - Puyurru, 2010

Shorty Jangala Robertson Warlpiri, b. 1925

Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) - Puyurru, 2010
acrylic on linen
91 x 91 cm
35 7/8 x 35 7/8 in
MM5679
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Shorty Jangala Robertson (c. 1930-2014) became the most famous portrayer of the 'water dreaming' story of his Warlpiri people of the Western Desert to the north west of Alice Springs....
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Shorty Jangala Robertson (c. 1930-2014) became the most famous portrayer of the 'water dreaming' story of his Warlpiri people of the Western Desert to the north west of Alice Springs. Having lived an adventurous youth and adult life, Shorty only started painting in his 70s - and quickly carved out a name for himself with his vibrant and memorable depictions of the huge water dreaming story - much acclaimed by both public and private collectors alike.


The site depicted in this painting is Puyurru, west of Yuendumu. In the usually dry creek beds are water soakages or naturally occurring wells. Two Jangala men, rainmakers, sang the rain, unleashing a giant storm. It travelled across the country with the lightening striking the land. This storm met up with another storm from Wapurtali, to the west, was picked up by a ‘kirrkarlan’ (brown falcon - falco berigora) and carried further west until it dropped the storm at Purlungyanu, where it created a giant soakage. At Puyurru the bird dug up a giant snake, ‘warnayarra’ (the rainbow serpent) and the snake carried water to create the large lake, Jillyiumpa, close to an outstation in this country. This story belongs to Jangala men and Nangala women.




In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, associated sites and other elements. In many paintings of this Jukurrpa curved and straight lines represent the ‘ngawarra’ (flood waters) running through the landscape. Motifs frequently used to depict this story include small circles representing ‘mulju’ (water soakages) and short bars depicting ‘mangkurdu’ (cumulus & stratocumulus clouds).

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