Marita Baker
(born 1968)
KALAYA TJUKURRPA, 2014
synthetic polymer paint on linen
bears inscription verso: artist's name, date and Tjungu Palya Artists cat. 14-001
101.0 x 101.0 cm
Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold:
$2,928 (inc. BP)
© Marita Baker/Copyright Agency 2019
lot details
bears inscription verso: artist's name, date and Tjungu Palya Artists cat. 14-001
Tjungu Palya Artists, Nyapari, South Australia
Outstation Gallery, Darwin
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2014
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Tjungu Palya Artists, Nyapari, South Australia that states: ‘This is Kalaya Tjukurpa (the creation story of the Emu man). The father emu hid all his children in the bush. He told the Kipara (bush turkey man) that he had done away with his kids. He persuaded the kipara to do the same. The kipara only had one son, Ngaltutjara (poor thing!). When kipara saw the emu chicks running around he was really angry. The kipara was throwing rocks at the kalaya. Where he chased him along throwing rocks a creek was formed. The kalaya was pikatjara (sick). the country where he was lying down is marked by a clay pan.’
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Tjungu Palya Artists, Nyapari, South Australia that states: ‘This is Kalaya Tjukurpa (the creation story of the Emu man). The father emu hid all his children in the bush. He told the Kipara (bush turkey man) that he had done away with his kids. He persuaded the kipara to do the same. The kipara only had one son, Ngaltutjara (poor thing!). When kipara saw the emu chicks running around he was really angry. The kipara was throwing rocks at the kalaya. Where he chased him along throwing rocks a creek was formed. The kalaya was pikatjara (sick). the country where he was lying down is marked by a clay pan.’