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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
This painting is 100% original. Hand painted by the artist with acrylics.
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This painting represents a women's ceremony, known as awely to Gypsy. Women perform awely to heal the sick, connect with their country and teach the younger women so they can carry on the traditions of the community.
U shaped symbols represent the women who are accompanied by their dancing stiks (straight lines) and coolamons (oval shapes). Coolamons are carved wooden bowls, used for different purposes such as carrying ochre paint used to paint their bodies during ceremony. There is a ritual just for the application of body paint where the women sing as each woman takes her turn to be 'painted up'.
The circle represents the site where the women are performing ceremony.
Name: Gypsy Jones
Skin name: Pwerle (also spelled Pwerl, Pula)
Language group: Alyawarr
Country: Atnwengerrp
Lives: Utopia, Central Australia
Type: 30cm x 30cm
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