Pirlinyanu Dreaming (2003)
Artist: Julie Nangala Robinson
Region: Central Desert
Medium/Type: Painting
Size:
31 x 122 cm
(Artwork can be rotated)
Catalogue Number: 8037JR
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This minimalist painting by Julie Nangala Robinson, 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.
This sparse work is about knowing where to find fresh water on country, where the knowledge of the deep natural occurring wells of Pirlinyanu as 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.