Marita Baker, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1968, Fregon, South Australia, Kani Patricia Tunkin, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1981, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Beryl Jimmy, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1970, Fregon, South Australia, Tjukurpa Kaṉpinyatjara, 2020, Nyapari, South Australia, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 200.0 x 500.0 cm; Courtesy the artists and Tjungu Palya, photo: Grant Hancock.
Tjungu Palya
Tjukurpa Kaṉpinyatjara
This large painting was made at Tjungu Palya, meaning ‘all good together’, an art centre located at Nyapari, south of Uluru, in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of South Australia. Tjungu Palya is a meeting place where artists from different homelands converge. Similarly, this collaborative canvas is a gathering place for many artists. Led by senior artist Marita Baker, the painting’s development began with her laying down the emu tracks of the Kalaya Tjukurpa (Emu ancestral story) at Kaṉpi, an important rockhole site.
Artists
Kaye Baker, Marita Baker, Teresa Baker, Beryl Jimmy, Imitjala Pollard, Kani Patricia Tunkin, Sammy Tunkin, Sophia Tunkin, Casseyanne Woods, Elaine Woods, Janice Woods, Venita Woods
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia