Artiste : Betty Campbell (1961) & Tanya Umatji Tjapalyi (1974)

Titre de l'œuvre : Tjungu - Walytjaku inma

Format : 200 cm x 150 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène de Mimili Maku

Référence de cette peinture aborigène : 843-22

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Explications pour cette peinture d'art Aborigène :

This painting is a collaboration between Umatji Tjapalyi and Betty Campbell. Both artists are senior women in Mimili Community, renown for being cultural leaders in their respective families and holding inma (song and dance) and traditional knowledge strong for the next generation.

"This is a painting for our family and community of Mimili. I've painted my mother's country, the punu (tree), maku (witchetty grubs) and kupi-kupi (whirlwinds) that make up this country. It all comes alive with our song and dance, and that is what Betty is painting: Maku inma, minymaku inma. (The witchetty grub songs, and the songs of the women.)" - Umatji Tjapalyi "Tjungu, together. That's what Anangu way is all about. We don't do things kutju kutju (by ourselves). It's about being with family, sharing, connecting with each other and our country. That's what this canvas is all about, coming together to make our stories stronger." - Betty Campbell

Mimili Community is home to 300 Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people who have been living in the area for millennia in harmony with nature and acting as custodians of the land and the Tjukurpa (creation stories). Mimili was formerly known as Everard Park, which was a cattle station that was returned to Aboriginal ownership through the 1981 APY Lands Act. Mimili Community was incorporated as an Aboriginal Community in 1975.