Description
This painting depicts Warlukurlangu, the big travelling fire Dreaming from Yuendumu. Warlukurlangu country is located south-west of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory. This Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) and country is from the artist’s father, Dinny Tjampitjinpa Nolan.
The fire Dreaming travels from Wannabi to Wataru in the APY Lands in South Australia.
The story is about two Tjangalas who were cooking kangaroo. As they were cooking the campfire spread out and turned into a bushfire. They had no water and weren’t able to stop the fire. Grass and trees caught fire and the bushfire travelled fast across. The two Tjangalas chased the fire but they could not stop it. Those Tjangalas travelled with the fire all the way to South Australia, after reaching Watarru, they returned North to Yuendamu.
Warlukurlangu – Fire Dreaming
Size
101.5 × 122 cm Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Catalog no
23-pn255
Category
$3,300
Description
This painting depicts Warlukurlangu, the big travelling fire Dreaming from Yuendumu. Warlukurlangu country is located south-west of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory. This Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) and country is from the artist’s father, Dinny Tjampitjinpa Nolan.
The fire Dreaming travels from Wannabi to Wataru in the APY Lands in South Australia.
The story is about two Tjangalas who were cooking kangaroo. As they were cooking the campfire spread out and turned into a bushfire. They had no water and weren’t able to stop the fire. Grass and trees caught fire and the bushfire travelled fast across. The two Tjangalas chased the fire but they could not stop it. Those Tjangalas travelled with the fire all the way to South Australia, after reaching Watarru, they returned North to Yuendamu.