Artiste : Kanta Donnegan

Titre de l'œuvre : Kapi Piti Dreaming Time story

Format : 137 x 90 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène du Spinifex Art Project

Référence de cette peinture : 21-35

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Explications pour cette œuvre :

Kanta (1944) was born at Kapi Piti Kutjara, the place where Wati Kutjara (Two Serpent Men) emerged and headed for Pukara. The Wati Kutjara story is one of the most important and wide ranging stories in Spinifex country. Although much of the specific detail is dangerous and secret the general actions and directions of the father and son are well known and understood to have been essential to the formation and activation of much of the country.

Water is a precious resource and thus permanent waterholes have sacred associations. They are guarded by their creators, Wanampis (Dreaming Serpent Beings) who have magical abilities. These Dreaming Beings are powerful and often dangerous so Anangu must approach them with respect and perform certain ritual according to the Law. Kathleen paints many such sacred water sources including Ilkurlka, Pirapi, Upi, Tjawanya, Karnka, Warurungka, Urnpun, Takari, Mulyaya, Talitjulpul, Mamatju and Wangalritja, an area collectively dense with Spinifex lore. Typically in Spinifex life, Tjukurpa and the everyday often converge bringing together the sacred and the secular.

Her artworks are in the following prestigious collections :
Art Gallery Of South Australia, Adelaide.
South Australia (womens Collaborative).
Artbank, Australian Government Collection.
Collection Prince Stefan Of Liechtenstein, Embassy Of Liechtenstein ln Germany.(womens Collaborate).
Museum Of Western Australia.
The Corrigan Collection, Australia. (womens Collaborative).
The Lepley Collection, Perth, Western Australia. (womens Collaborative).
The National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (womens Collaborative).
The Sims Dickson Collection, Nsw...