Pirlinyanu Dreaming (2008)
Artist: Julie Nangala Robinson
Region: Central Desert
Medium/Type: Painting
Size:
51 x 41 cm
(Artwork can be rotated)
Catalogue Number: 13696JR
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Julie depicts her Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming), which is associated with her father’s traditional country of Pirlinyanu, a rocky outcrop in the Tanami Desert, west of Yuendumu and towards the WA border.
In this work, Julie uses a minimal palette, representing the colour of the arid desert and water. This country with its waterholes is one of many significant locations for the Water Dreaming because if you know which rocks to move you always have access to fresh water in the deep natural occurring wells of Pirlinyanu. Without this knowledge one could imagine there was no water in this desert landscape.
Ownership of country is passed down from the father (patrilineal) and ritual knowledge is passed on from auntie to niece (father’s sisters). In this case it is those of the Nampijinpa and Nangala sub-section groups.
Julie Nangala Robinson
Region: Yuendumu, NT
Julie is the traditional custodian of her country Pirlinyanu, a land of rocky outcrops and deep water springs. It is a water dreaming site (Ngapa Jukurrpa) near Mina Mina.