KUNGKA KUTJARA TJUKURPA, 2011
TUPPY NGINTJA GOODWIN
synthetic polymer paint on linen
167.0 x 137.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, date and Milimi Maku Arts cat. MIM251-2011
Milimi Maku Arts, Mimili, South Australia
A P Bond Gallery, Adelaide
The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Milimi Maku Arts which states: ‘This painting about Kunga Kutjara (two ladies) that met at a Rockhole, near Bumbali Creek, not far from the Northern Territory and South Australian border. This Tjukurpa tells the moving story of an elder sister bringing her missing younger sister back to her birth country after a long period of separation. Tuppy has painted a conceptual map of the country formed of expansive colour, signs, and marks of the two sister’s travels and sacred presence in the land.’