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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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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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āThe 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.ā - A.P. Elkin, Professor of Anthropology,Ā 1920ās-1930ās
āThe 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.ā - A.P. Elkin, Professor of Anthropology,Ā 1920ās-1930ās
Pencil Yam Dreaming
Conkerberry Dreaming
Women's Ceremony
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Atham-areny comes from the Anmatyerre wordsatham (no fire) andareny (belonging to). They are small and colourless spirits or creatures of the country who live in the ground or places where the fire does not belong. They can be known to come out of their homes and steal and hide babies, or cause mischief.It is important that people stay by the fire. If the atham-areny touches you, you will feel sick.
This painting depicts a practice that falls into the supernatural realm of bush medicine where women are called upon by a nangara (traditional healer or witch doctor) to sing and dance together to help heal someone touched by Atham-areny. Other ancestor spirits, ones that watch over the land and protect the people, are invoked during the process to assist. Angelina fills the background space with linear body paint designs.
Catalogue number: UL018059
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