Kuta ala, 2015
Maringka Baker
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
151.5 x 121.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Tjungu Palya cat. 15-088
Tjungu Palya Artists, Nyapari, South Australia
Paul Johnstone Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2016
SALON des Refusés, SALON Art Projects, Stokes Hill Wharf, Darwin, 7 - 23 August 2015, cat. SDR-02 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, n.p.)
This work is accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity from Tjungu Palya Artists which states:
'Kata Ala Is my country near lrrunytju in Western Australia. Tjukurpa tjuta (there are many creation stories) which cross over close to this place. Mlnyma mutu mutu, nyii nyii tjuta (the creation story for all the small bird women, zebra finches) and the man wati Nyiiru (from the Seven Sister's Tjukurpa) is close by and Wati Kutjara, the two serpent men from Pukara came here. At Kata Ala there are three places where we dig to find water just below the surface. I spent a lot of time In this country when I was a child.'