Artistes : Angkuna Baker (1934)

Titre de l'œuvre : Areyonga

Format : 76 x 51 cm

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

Référence de cette peinture aborigène : 13-21

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Explications pour cette peinture d'art Aborigène :

Angkuna paints her powerful country Areyonga, nestled between mountainous terrains which back the West MacDonnell Ranges. The community is surrounded by picturesque waterholes and soakages, and is abundant with native wildlife. Angkuna was born in the bush at a special women’s country site, which has strong ties to the Seven Sisters songline.

Angkuna spent many hours learning inma (traditional songs and dances) from the older people in her community. Living in wiltja’s (hand built shelters) close to missions and cattle stations, friends and family constantly surrounded Angkuna; she recalls her childhood loaded with memories of exploration and adventure. When she was a young women she started the first school at the Indulkana community.

“When I was young there were lots of kids near Areyonga; our games were in the bush, climbing hills and looking for good swimming. We had a lot of friends and family when we moved to the Iwantja Tjukitji (soakage), we were living next to the lovely creek in a wiltja. There was no school then, but we made a big humpie and inside I was teaching chi chi’s (children.) This was the first school at Indulkana.”

Angkuna’s paintings are highly considered in their content and storytelling of old stories and songs which were passed down to her as a young child, combined with her personal memories. Angkuna uses the canvas as a means to communicate her lived experiences of Anangu culture and tjukurpa (stories) with the viewing public.

Iwantja Arts is an artist studio located within the remote Indigenous community of Indulkana, on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. Iwantja Arts is an Aboriginal corporation owned and governed by a board of directors. The art centre aims to encourage and support artistic excellence and cultural development within the community by providing opportunities, career development, and economic independence for practicing artists.