Alec Baker, Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1932, Shirley Well, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Eric Mungi Kunmanara Barney, Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1973, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Freda Brady, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 27 June 1961, Amata, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Moses Brady, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1993, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Michael Bruno, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia/Luritja people Northern Territory, born 1994, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Angela Burton, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1966, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Cisco Burton, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1963, near Irrunytju (Wingellina), South Australia, Kunmanara (Hector) Burton, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1937, near Pipalyatjara, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, died 2017, Pukatja (Ernabella), Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Noel Burton, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1994, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Kunmanara Carroll, Pitjantjatjara/Luritja people, South Australia/Northern Territory, born 1950, Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff), Northern Territory, died 2021, Pukatja (Ernabella), Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Taylor Wanyima Cooper, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1940, Malara, a waterhole east of Pipalyatjara, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Ngilan Margaret Dodd, Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1946, Antara (Sandy Bore), South Australia, Sammy Dodd, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1946, Winpiranganyi, South Australia, Jimmy Donegan, Ngaanyatjarra people, Western Australia/Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1940, Yapan near Ngatuntjarra bore, Western Australia, died 14 June 2022, Mutijulu, Northern Territory, Maureen Douglas, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1966, Mparntwe (Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Kunmanara (Ronnie) Douglas, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1949, Umbeara, Northern Territory, died 2017, Amata, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Stanley Douglas, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1944, Kulgera, Northern Territory, Arnie Frank, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1960, Yanyarinyi (Kenmore Park), Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Witjiti George, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1938, Lambina/Granite Downs Station, South Australia, Kunmanara (Gordon) Ingkatji, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born c.1930, Titu, South Australia, died 2016, Pukatja (Ernabella), Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Adrian Intjalki, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1943, Mimili, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Rupert Jack, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1951, Mimili, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Kunmanara Kaika Burton, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1941, near Irrunytju (Wingellina), Western Australia, died 2020, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Kaika Burton, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1949, Atila (Mount Connor), South Australia, died 2023, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Naomi Kantjuriny, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1944, Victory Downs, South Australia, Kunmanara (Brenton) Ken, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1944, Willi Willi, south west of Amata, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, died 2018, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Freddy Ken, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1951, Pukatja (Ernabella), Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Kunmanara (Ray) Ken, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1940, Amaruna, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, died 2018, Mutitjulu, Northern Territory, Iluwanti Ken, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born c 1944, Watarru, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Graham Kulyuru, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1939, Kunytjanu, South Australia, Kunmanara (Willy Muntjantji) Martin, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1950, Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia, died 2018, Kulgera, Northern Territory, Errol Morris, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1965, Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia, Kevin Morris, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1984, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Mark Morris, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1975, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Kunmanara Mungkuri, Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1946, Kaltjiti (Fregon), Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, died December 2021, Indulkana, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Vincent Namatjira, Western Aranda people, Northern Territory, born 14 June 1983, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Kunmanara (Tiger) Palpatja, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born c.1920, Piltati, South Australia, died March 2012, Amata, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Mary Katatjuku Pan, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born c.1944, Rocket Bore, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, David Pearson, Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born c.1964, Indulkana, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Kunmanara (Jimmy) Pompey, Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1952, Gap Well, South Australia, died 2018, Port Augusta, South Australia, Aaron Riley, Walpiri people, Northern Territory, born 1974, Ali Curung, Northern Territory, Adrian Riley, Walpiri people, Northern Territory, born 1961, west of Ali Curung, Northern Territory, William Tjapaltjarri Sandy, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1951, Tanu Well, South Australia, Priscilla Singer, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1968, Port Augusta, South Australia, Keith Stevens, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1940, Granite Downs Station, South Australia, Lydon Stevens, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1967, Cundeelee, Western Australia, Bernard Tjalkuri, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born c.1930, Waltja rockhole, South Australia, Lyndon Tjangala, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1994, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Mr Wangin, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born c.1939, Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia, Ginger Wikilyiri, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1930, Kunumata, South Australia, Mick Wikilyiri, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1938, Rocket Bore, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands, Northern Territory, Mumu Mike Williams, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1952, Inturjanu between Kenmore Park and Pukatja (Ernabella), Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, died 2019, Mparntwe(Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Anwar Young, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1994, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Carol Young, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1972, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Frank Young, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1949, near Artuti, South Australia, Kamurin Young, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1994, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Marcus Young, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1998, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Roma Young, Ngaanyatjarra people, Western Australia/Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1952, Warburton, Western Australia, Yaritji Tingila Young, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1956, Pukatja (Ernabella), Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Kuḻaṯa Tjuṯa , 2017, Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, wood, spinifex resin, kangaroo tendon, plus 6 channel DVD with sound; Acquisition through Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art supported by BHP 2017, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
Tarnanthi on Tour USA: Kulata Tjuta
Kuḻaṯa Tjuṯa is a monumental installation comprising 550 kuḻaṯa (spears) suspended in a formation resembling a nuclear explosion, which hovers above a circular arrangement of hand-carved piti (wooden bowls). This outstanding work of contemporary Aboriginal art, created by fifty-nine artists from the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands of South Australia, was one of the highlights of the Tarnanthi 2017 festival.
Kuḻaṯa Tjuṯa dramatically expresses the loss and dispossession still felt by Aṉangu from atomic testing on their Country in the 1950s and ’60s. This work, from the AGSA collection, now forms the centrepiece of an international exhibition that documents the responses of First Nations artists around the world to the impacts of nuclear testing, nuclear accidents and uranium mining on First Nations peoples and their land.
The exhibition, Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology, is touring the United States for almost two years. Beginning at the Institute of American Indian Arts’ Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Sante Fe, it travels Michigan and California until late-2023. It includes works by First Nations artists from Australia, the Pacific region, Japan, Greenland, Canada and the United States.
Tarnanthi is presented by the Art Gallery of South Australia with Principal Partner BHP and support from the Government of South Australia
| IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts | Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA | 20 Aug 2021 – 10 July 2022 |
| Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum | Saginaw, Michigan, USA | Aug – Nov 2022 |
| Armory Center for the Arts | Pasadena, California, USA | Jan – Jun 2023 |
| University of Michigan Museum of Art | Michigan, USA | Aug – Nov 2023 |