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Warna Jukurrpaby Risharna Nakamarra DicksonThe place depicted in this artwork is Ngama which is located south of Yuendumu Community in Central Australia. This Dreaming belongs to the Nakamarra and Napurrurla women and the Jakamarra and Japurrurla men. The Dreaming describes the journey of Yarripiri, an ancestral Warna (Snake). He travelled through the land. Yarripiri was very sad as his family had left him behind. He was blind and crippled but he was determined to follow and search for them although he had to be carried. This job fell to Kurdungurlu or the ceremonial police of the Dreaming the Nangala and Nampijinpa women and the Jangala and Jampijinpa men. Where Yarripiri's tail slumped and touched the ground creeks were formed. Yarripiri tracks and paths are often represented in paintings by arc shapes or curved lines. |
ArtistRisharna Nakamarra Dickson paints for the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation located at the Yuendumu community 300km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. Established in 1985, Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation is a fully Aboriginal owned and governed art centre with over 600 members. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of all art works go directly back to the artists and their community projects. The art centre is famous for its gloriously colourful acrylic paintings with many of its members work collectable having been featured in hundreds of exhibitions both in Australia and around the world. The art centre is both a stronghold of traditional Warlpiri culture and an essential part of Yuendumu's community life. |
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