Anangu Women Artists - Strength in Beauty (expired event)

Anangu Women Artists of the APY Lands present boldly coloured paintings of the Tjukurrpa creation stories of their homelands, for which they are reknown.

The narratives in the exhibition ‘Strength in Beauty’ centre on Women Creation Ancestors who travelled the country, laying down important ceremonial sites and customary law. The women continue to follow the edicts of of law and ceremony from the Tjukurrpa, and this forms the main content of their paintings. Each artist stays within the traditional observations of their own family group in telling these age old stories.

Exhibiting artists include Alison Munti Riley, Teresa Baker, Clarise Tunkin, Maureen Baker, Elaine Woods, Carolanne Ken, Janice Woods, Imitjala Curley, Julie Woods, Madeline Curley, Venita Woods, Pollyanne Smith and Mantuna George. aw and ceremony from the Tjukurrpa, and this forms the main content of their paintings.