Title
Ngayuku ngura (my country)
2018
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Amata
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South Australia
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Australia
- Cultural origin
- Pitjantjatjara, Southern Desert region
- Date
- 2018
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on linen
- Dimensions
- 240.0 x 201.0 cm
- Credit
- Roberts Family Acquisition 2018
- Location
- North Building, ground level, Yiribana Gallery
- Accession number
- 243.2018
- Copyright
- © Wawiriya Burton/Copyright Agency
- Wynne Prize
- Roberts Family Prize - 2018
- Artist information
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Wawiriya Burton
Works in the collection
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About
With a colourful palette and lively composition, Ngayuku ngura (my country) 2018 celebrates the rich fauna of the area around Pipalyatjara, Burton’s father’s country west of Amata in South Australia. It depicts minyma mingkiri tjuta (small female desert mice). The mingkiri are pregnant and give birth to many babies. They then journey to the surrounding rock holes in search of food and water for their young. The dotted lines are mingkiri tracks.
‘A long time ago, when we were little children, we ran around Puta Puta and Ilitjata, our grandfather’s and father’s ground, and because of this we grew up strong. Why? Because it’s Anangu country – Aboriginal people’s country – of their spirit.’
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Yiribana Gallery: opening collection display, Art Gallery of New South Wales, North Building, Sydney, 03 Dec 2022–29 May 2023