Artiste : Angkaliya Curtis

Titre de l'œuvre : Seven sisters dreaming

Format : 200 x 150 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigene de Tjungu Palya

Référence de cette peinture aborigene : 13149

© The artists, with the courtesy of the Art Centre.

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Angkaliya was born in 1928 at Miti in the South Australian Pitjantjatjara Lands. When she was small she travelled with her mother to Watarru (her mother's country). The family spent time at Ernabella mission and cattle station properties exchanging animal skins (dingoes and rabbits) for flour and sugar. She married and lived at the Ernabella where she worked in the craftroom spinning wool and making rugs. In the 1960's she moved closer to her traditional homeland when the community of Amata began. She used to live and works at Nyapari Community. Angkaliya lived a semi nomadic lifestyle often walking long distances in the desertwhere traditional knowledge of the country, its water holes and food supplies are vital to survival. She learned from her mother and grandmother the secrets of the land and aquired an intimate understanding of the environment and the ancestoral creation stories associated with it.

Ngayuku mitaku ngurangka (this is the country I have inherited from my husband) a wonderful place called Cave Hill. Cave Hill is an important site for the Seven Sisters dreaming story. When you come here you can see in the rock formations the story of seven sisters as they ran from Wati Nyiru (the cheeky man). The sisters hid in the darkness of the big cave and the oldest sister used her wana (digging stick) to make a hole to escape through the back of the cave, you can still see the scratching marks she made. Cave Hill ta tjukurla tjuta ngaranyi. There is a lot of water here too, many rock holes and connecting creeks and water courses. The abundance of water, food and tjurkupa makes Cave Hill a precious place. My husband Billynya and I travelled on a camel from the mission in Ernabella to this magical home.

This artwork has been finalist of the Darwin NATSIAA Award at the Museum of Darwin.

Collections
Artbank, Australian Government National Contemporary Art Rental
Australian National University, Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory.
Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria.
Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia.
Harriett And Richard England Collection, Sydney, New South Wales
Lagerberg-Swift Collection, Perth, Western Australia
Marshall Collection, Adelaide, South Australia
Museum And Art Gallery Of Northern Territory.
National Gallery Of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria.
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane,
The Beat Knoblacuch Collection, Switzerland.
The Lepley Collection, Perth, Western Australia.
The Parliament House Collection, Canberra,
University Of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
W & V Mcgeoch, Melbourne, Victoria
The Sims Dickson Collection