Artiste : Kanta Donnegan

Titre de l'œuvre : Minyma Tjuta Dreaming Time story

Format : 200 x 137 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène du Spinifex Art Project

Référence de cette peinture : 21-115

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Explications pour cette œuvre :

Kanta was born around the 1940's at a place called Kapi Piti Kutjara. Kanta, a senior Spinifex woman is knowledgeable about many areas in Spinifex country including the Minyma Tjuta (Seven Sisters) Tjukurpa, a central theme in the lives of Western Desert women. In this story seven women, all sisters are travelling through the country on a vast journey which takes them from Coolgardie right across the desert to Port Augusta in SA. Along the way the sisters are being pursued by Wati Nyiru, the cheeky old man in pursuit of a wife, preferably the oldest sister, Kampukurtja. During his pursuit, Nyiru disguises himself in various ways to trick the sisters but is eventually outsmarted by them. The women fly up into the sky to form the constellation of Pleiades seen in the southern sky.

Her artworks are in the following prestigious collections :
Art Gallery Of South Australia, Adelaide.
South Australia (womens Collaborative).
Artbank, Australian Government Collection.
Collection Prince Stefan Of Liechtenstein, Embassy Of Liechtenstein ln Germany.(womens Collaborate).
Museum Of Western Australia.
The Corrigan Collection, Australia. (womens Collaborative).
The Lepley Collection, Perth, Western Australia. (womens Collaborative).
The National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (womens Collaborative).
The Sims Dickson Collection, Nsw...