Artiste : Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin (1952)

Titre de l'œuvre : Antara sacred valley

Format : 198 cm x 152 cm

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

Référence de cette peinture aborigène : 552-23

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Explications pour cette peinture d'art Aborigène :

Tuppy (1952) is a senior Pitjantjatjara woman committed to fostering traditional law and culture, dance and painting. Tuppy’s father’s name was Nguyarangu (dec) and his country was near Docker River. Her mother’s name was Emily Nyanyanta and her country was Wintutjuru, west of Fregon on the APY Lands.

Tuppy Goodwin was born in the bush near Bumbali Creek and she moved to Mimili with her family when she was a baby. At the time Mimili was called Everard Park, it was a cattle station, which was eventually returned to the Yankunytjatjara people in the mid-­‐1960s.

When I paint, it’s like inma (ceremonial dance and song).

This is Antara, a sacred place for Anangu, and the Maku (witchetty grub) Tjukurpa. There’s a special rock hole at Antara where women perform inma – ‘inmaku pakani’ – and afterwards there’s enough maku to feed everyone.

Antara and Maku Tjukurpa is really important for Mimili women, we paint this place and its stories, keeping them strong.

Her artwoks are in the public Australian collection at the South Australian Museum and several private collections.