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Atipalku Intjalki - Tjukurpa Mulayangu

Sale price$5,700 AUD


Size:

152cm x 122cm

Medium:

Acrylic on Canvas

Orientation

This artwork can be hung landscape or portrait

Tjukurpa Mulayangu is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Atipalku Intjalki, a senior Anangu artist from Ernabella in the APY Lands of South Australia. Measuring 152 × 122 cm, the painting depicts her father's Country in the western APY Lands, including tjanpi (grass) and tjukula (waterholes).

The work relates to Mulayangu, a Wanampi (water snake) ancestral being associated with the creation of rockholes across this Country.

Atipalku is the matriarch of a highly regarded family of Ernabella artists. Her artistic practice spans more than fifty years and includes painting, batik, weaving and woodwork.

Story from the Certificate of Authenticity:

This painting depicts Atipalku's fathers country with tjanpi (grass) and many tjukula (waterholes).

Tjukurpa Mulayangu is a men's law place. This is Atipalku's father's country in the western part of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia. Mulayangu was a wanampi (water snake) who travelled all over this area creating rockholes.

In 2020 Atipalku and her family travelled to this area and stayed at their homeland, Tangkana, for the first time in many years. Atipalku was able to show her children and grandchildren this special place and share stories with them that had been passed down to her.



About Aboriginal Contemporary

Aboriginal Contemporary has an enviable reputation for quality, service and ethical trading; not just with our customers but with the art centres from whom we source our work.

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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