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Our dynamic artists are from the Utopia region, a large remote area of Central Australia with no government funded art centre. It has one of the richest art histories and is strongly female led.
About the Artists
Our dynamic artists are from the Utopia region, a large remote area of Central Australia with no government funded art centre. It has one of the richest art histories and is strongly female led.
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“The Dreamtime is the mythological representation of what Aboriginal people carry in their minds. The source of life! This knowledge has not just been planted in their minds, it is taught and structured through initiation and ceremony.” - A.P. Elkin, Professor of Anthropology, 1920’s-1930’s
“The Dreamtime is the mythological representation of what Aboriginal people carry in their minds. The source of life! This knowledge has not just been planted in their minds, it is taught and structured through initiation and ceremony.” - A.P. Elkin, Professor of Anthropology, 1920’s-1930’s
In the Dreamtime there are two parts to the Pencil Yam story that Eileen paints. Two different seeds were borne that created two different species of pencil yam; one called Atnwelarr which belongs to Alhalkere and Atnangkere countries, and the other called Arlatyeye which belongs to Eileen’s country.
Eileen paints the seeds of Arlatyeye.
The Arlatyeye itself is a small, long tubular yam (swollen root) belonging to a trailing herb or creeper that often covers large areas of ground with bright green leaves and yellow flowers.
Name: Eileen Bird
Skin name: Nungarai (also spelled Kngwarreye)
Language group: Eastern Arrernte and Anmatyerre
Country: Arnumarra (near Gem Tree)
Lives: Utopia, Central Australia
Born: 1956
Catalogue number: SP0357
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