For centuries, story telling has been the way of learning for Indigenous Australians who today continue to share their culture through art – a culture which has survived through a great respect of the land and its living creatures by way of mythology and handed down knowledge, all via the spoken word. Paintings expressing these stories will feature at Artitja Fine Art’s exhibition.
Some of the paintings are complex stories of the geography of the land, and involve travelling tracks and stories associated with different times. The symbols and markings used, tell the story of where waterholes and underground creeks are, and can include sacred territory.
Artitja Fine Art
Until 8 November, 2015
Western Australia
Maureen Baker, Ngayuku Mamaku Ngura (My Father’s Country), 2014, acrylic on Belgian linen, 150 x 120cm
Courtesy the artist and Artitja Fine Art, Western Australia
