Walyatjatjara
2010
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Measurements
167.7 × 182.5 cm irreg.
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Indigenous Art, 2011
© Sandy Brumby, courtesy Niuku Arts
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Sandy Brumby paints his Country, Walyatjatjara, an important place associated with the Seven Sisters Dreaming located north of Kalka in South Australia. The dominant shapes in the painting represent the mayi (bush food) found at this site. The small figure in the bottom-left corner represents the mischievous old man Nyiru, who chased the Seven Sisters right across the Western Desert and through the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands. The sisters constantly evaded his sexual advances until they finally became part of the Pleiades, a star cluster of which seven are visible in the southern sky below the Belt of Orion.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Kalka, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia
Inscription
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.l.: 167 x 183 cm
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.l.: NKSB10398 SANDY BRUMBY
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.l.: NINUKU ARTS
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.l.: AK16808
Accession Number
2011.354
Department
First Nations Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation