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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.
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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
Pencil Yam Dreaming
Conkerberry Dreaming
Women's Ceremony
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This is an intricate representation of Colleen Wallace's Dreamtime Sisters.
The Dreamtime Sisters are good spirits dancing the awelye (women’s ceremony) and looking after Colleen's country, Arnumarra, which lies to the north east of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Colleen says these sisters were once living people; her ancestors.
The Sisters are painted with ceremonial designs just as they are illustrated on the walls of a sacred site on Colleen's country.
There are also traditional U shape symbols depicting women of Colleen's country. These symbols are decorated with body paint designs; note the arc linear pattern on their chest and lines going down their arms.
See article: Sacred Sites and Dreamtime Sisters with Colleen Wallace Nungari
Name: Colleen Wallace
Skin name: Nungari (also spelled Nungarrayi)
Language group: Eastern Arrernte
Country: Santa Teresa
Lives: Utopia Region, Central Australia
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Exploring Colleen Wallace Nungari's Dreamtime Sisters paintings
Spirits of the Desert Exhibition | Nov 2016 - Jan 2017
Catalogue number: UL018031
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