Anumara Tjukurpa

Name: Anumara Tjukurpa
Brand: Maria Curley
SKU: KAL20-238
Price: 1520.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

$1,520 AUD

Artist:

Maria Curley

Size:

102cm x 62cm

Medium:

Acrylic on Belgian Linen

Orientation

This artwork can be hung landscape or portrait

Maria Curley paints the Anumara Tjukurpa (Caterpillar Dreaming), a story inherited from her Kami grandmother). This powerful Tjukurpa follows the Anumara as it travels from Wingelina in Western Australia through to north-west South Australia. The Anumara lives in the grass, and its safety depends on the protection of the grasses and Country it inhabits. Because of this, the deeper elements of the Anumara Tjukurpa are kept secret - maintaining cultural protection for both the story and the caterpillar itself.

The Anumara moves through grass country, tree country and salad country, weaving through rocky mountains and stone landscapes. In this story, the Anumara must travel quickly; if it lingers too long, the sun can burn it and turn it to stone. These stones, shaped by the Anumara’s journey, still lie across the landscape at Irintiti.

Through her paintings, Maria honours her grandmother’s teachings and maintains an important cultural responsibility - safeguarding the Anumara Tjukurpa while sharing the beauty of its Country, pathways and presence.

Artists Biography

Maria Curley is from Fregon on the APY Lands. Her father's Country is David Well, and her mother's Country is Walytjitjata, west of Kanypi. Maria studied to become a teacher in Adelaide and worked throughout the APY Lands teacher children of all ages.

Maria recently shifted her focus to painting and has become a promising artist. She is from a family of strong painters, the eldest daughter of established artist Imitjala Curley and her sister's Madeline and Meredith also paint. Maria paints the Anumara Tjukurpa (caterpillar dreaming) that she inherited from her Kami (grandmother). Her tenacity, vibrancy and energy is applied to her paintings to represent this important cultural story. The Anumara Tjukurpa story is kept secret. The place where the caterpillar lives is important and keeping the story secret protects the caterpillar from being eaten

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About Aboriginal Contemporary

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This is in no small part due to owner Nichola Dare’s regular trips to some of the most remote parts of Australia and her ability to build relationships with art centres and artists, based on mutual trust and respect. Nichola’s time in Australia’s Western Desert, The Kimberley, APY Lands and Arnhem Land has also given her a deep understanding of the country and culture at the heart of the art we sell.

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