WATI WIILUKU INMA TJUKURPA, 2007
DICKIE MINYINTIRI
synthetic polymer paint on linen
60.0 x 90.0 cm (pair)
inscribed verso: artist’s name, title. size and Ernabella Arts cat. DM112-07 and DM 1311-07
Ernabella Arts, Alice Springs
Birrung Gallery, Sydney
This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Ernabella Arts which states: 'This painting is based on inma (ceremony) about a bird that is very special to Dickie. It’s the male bush stone curlew (wiilu) and comes from a place near Kanpi in the APY Lands. It dances and sings at night time - a nocturnal bird. It lives in the open woodlands. It has a very loud wailing call. This bird is now rare, as is the inma that is danced by few men, Dickie being one of them. This painting follows the wiiluas it travels between waterholes.'