Women’s Dreaming

This dreaming tells about women’s ceremony. It affirms womens place in Warlpiri society.  The Dreaming story marks large tracks of land of which women are guardian over.  Particular men are workers for the women. they are called kurdungurlu.  This works in reverse as well, where the particular women work for particular men. Only the women know this dreaming. It talks about travelling from north to south, west to east into the new sun signifying a new day and new life.  They teaching all the young kids. They all teach people from different skin groups, so that the dreamings are passed along to the young children.

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Medium: Painting
850 x 500mm Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2020
SKU: 98-20

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This dreaming tells about women’s ceremony. It affirms womens place in Warlpiri society.  The Dreaming story marks large tracks of land of which women are guardian over.  Particular men are workers for the women. they are called kurdungurlu.  This works in reverse as well, where the particular women work for particular men. Only the women know this dreaming. It talks about travelling from north to south, west to east into the new sun signifying a new day and new life.  They teaching all the young kids. They all teach people from different skin groups, so that the dreamings are passed along to the young children.

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Weight 0.8 kg

About Angela Kelly

Angela Parlinjirri, (Angela’s sacred Warlpiri name), started painting in 2000 as a hobby and interest and to extend her knowledge in traditional culture. She dedicated much of her free time with paint and canvas as an artist. Her style of art is distinctive, a manipulation of dots, rich texture and colour. Her artwork has been exhibited around Australia and in France.  Through time at the art centre she has learnt much of her yawulyu or story, dance and country as all the elders gathered here with her.  Angela read many of the books kept at the art centre about Lajamanu people and artists.  Angela is a family lady, travels between Lajamanu, Darwin and Milingimbi, NT, to visit her sons.  Travel to her father’s country, Warlu-kurlangu (south west of Yuendumu), is relatively easy, but travel to her mother’s country, Yinapaka, is very difficult because of the remoteness, she has only been there once in 2009. Angela was born in WA near the Bungle Bungles on Lansdowne Station. Her parents were station workers there during the years of payment in the way of flour, sugar and tea.  For many years she was Chairwoman for Warnayaka Art.  Her tenure saw an exciting period for this remote art centre.  Artists and staff travelled around Australia and overseas selling artwork and working on art projects.  Her knowledge of business matters of the 2 worlds she lives in, Warlpiri and Western, meant the art centre was able to flourish.  She now lives in Darwin as a dialysis patient visiting on occasion.

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