![Sammy Tunkin, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born Port Augusta, South Australia 1998, Imitjala Pollard, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia born Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory 1963, Casseyanne Woods, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory 1996, Janice Woods, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born Kalka, South Australia 1988, Venita Woods, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born Kaltukatjara (Docker River), Northern Territory 1990, Elaine Woods, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born Kaltukatjara (Docker River), Northern Territory 1969, Sophia Tunkin, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born Mparntwe (Alice Springs), South Australia 2000, Teresa Baker, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory 1977, Kaye Baker, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia born Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia 1955, Beryl Jimmy, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born Fregon, South Australia 1970, Kani Patricia Tunkin, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory 1981, Marita Baker, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia born Fregon, South Australia 1968, Kalaya Tjukurrpa, 2020, Nyapari, South Australia synthetic paint on linen, 200.0 x 500.0 cm © the artists/Tjungu Palya](https://thumbor.ixchosted.com/5vNs8LQX4BshcNleTOHldNhQyHI=/1200x675/filters:format(webp)/https://agsa-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/media/dd/images/101324-EX-HQ-LTF_22_3-1_Adobe_RGB_4000px.02abae9.jpg)
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