Artistes : Alec Baker (1932)

Titre de l'œuvre : Ngura (Country)

Format : 152 x 76 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène d’Iwantja

Référence de cette peinture aborigène : 338-23

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Explications pour cette peinture d'art Aborigène :

Alec Baker's paintings and drawings map out the experienced story of his country. Alec draws on ancestry tjukurpa (stories), personal memories, and a rich lifetime spent travelling across vast desert lands as a stock man and cultural law man.

Alec’s detailed works reflects topographic map like imagery, utilizing traditional doting techniques and a tactile palette to highlight and define forms and spaces within the landscape, outlining a strong sense of place within Alec's drawings.

"I teach my grandchildren the stories and knowledge about our culture, our land, Yankunytjatjara land. I paint my memories of country, I try to make the paintings strong, holding all the memories and keeping it strong."

I paint all the rocky hills and paint the Tjukurpa (ancestral story) of the woman near the rock holes, the women living nearby. I like to I paint everything that makes that place. All the emu tracks coming and going across the country. That emu track is the story of that place. It is an important place, one of their sacred places.

I was born at Shirley Well on Officer Creek. My Father was working there. His English name was Moorilyanna George, given because Moorilyanna was his country. My father was very well known in the old days. He worked at all the Old stations - Moorilyanna, Ernabella, Shirley Well, Amaruna, and right through to Oodnadatta. My mother was born at Kunamata and yes, this area here, right around Indulkana was my father’s place. My father gave me this place to look after, I’ve got that responsibility now.

We know the country, know where the all rock holes to look a􀀃er and to live by. They are important places with water that kept us alive.