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Please practice physical distancing of 1.5 metres at all times as you enter Hearth Galleries.
Hearth Galleries has added all current works to the shop on this website.
We can provide phone and email assistance at any time.
We wish you all the very best at these extraordinary times. Take care and stay well and safe.
Please help us to continue to support the talented Aboriginal artists and communities.
Thank you for your kind support which means so much to us.
Call Chris for more information 0423 902 934
seven sisters dreaming
1/3/21-31/5/21
Seven Sisters Dreaming - Kungkarangkalpa and Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa
- Tricks and Transformation -
Athena Nangala Granites, Priscilla Napurrurla Herbert and Shanna Napanangka Williams
The Seven Sisters stories concern a group of seven ancestral women being pursued by a cunning shape-shifter who disguises himself in countless ways to trick the sisters. The Seven Sisters also have some tricks of their own, they can fly. These journeys are associated with sacred ceremony, creation of features in the landscape, and ultimately, transformation.
Priscilla Napurrurla Herbert paints the Kungkarangkalpa Tjukurrpa which is from the area around Mititjulu. Athena Nangala Granites paints the Warlpiri stories of the Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa. Both women belong to Warlukurlangu Artists in Yuendumu in the Northern Territory.
Through significant works by Athena Nangala Granites and Priscilla Napurrurla Herbert this exhibition explores the power of contemporary Aboriginal art, through the journeys of the Seven Sisters, to challenge our perceptions of time and space, and equally to question our integration with place. This Jukurrpa tells the story of the seven ancestral Napaljarri sisters who are found in the night sky as a cluster of seven stars known as the Pleiades in European astrology. Their story across the landscape tells of their pursuit by the Jakamarra man who eventually chases them into the sky; they leave the landscape below changed forever by their interactions.
Athena, born in 1994, is the daughter of Geraldine Napangardi Granites and the grand-daughter of Alma Nungarrayi Granites, well-known artists who paint with Warlukurlangu Artists. She is also the great grand-daughter of Paddy Japaljarri Sims (Deceased) one of the founding artists of Warlukurlangu Artists. Athena has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Corporation, since 2010.
Priscilla was born in Alice Springs in 1977 and has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists since 2010. Her country is Tanami Downs, until recently Mongrel Downs Station, located about 700 km north-west of Alice Springs.
Shanna, born in 1988, has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, since 2002, when she was 14 years of age. Four generations of Shanna's family actively participate in the activities of the art centre.
Seven Sisters Dreaming - Kungkarangkalpa and Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa
- Tricks and Transformation -
Athena Nangala Granites, Priscilla Napurrurla Herbert and Shanna Napanangka Williams
The Seven Sisters stories concern a group of seven ancestral women being pursued by a cunning shape-shifter who disguises himself in countless ways to trick the sisters. The Seven Sisters also have some tricks of their own, they can fly. These journeys are associated with sacred ceremony, creation of features in the landscape, and ultimately, transformation.
Priscilla Napurrurla Herbert paints the Kungkarangkalpa Tjukurrpa which is from the area around Mititjulu. Athena Nangala Granites paints the Warlpiri stories of the Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa. Both women belong to Warlukurlangu Artists in Yuendumu in the Northern Territory.
Through significant works by Athena Nangala Granites and Priscilla Napurrurla Herbert this exhibition explores the power of contemporary Aboriginal art, through the journeys of the Seven Sisters, to challenge our perceptions of time and space, and equally to question our integration with place. This Jukurrpa tells the story of the seven ancestral Napaljarri sisters who are found in the night sky as a cluster of seven stars known as the Pleiades in European astrology. Their story across the landscape tells of their pursuit by the Jakamarra man who eventually chases them into the sky; they leave the landscape below changed forever by their interactions.
Athena, born in 1994, is the daughter of Geraldine Napangardi Granites and the grand-daughter of Alma Nungarrayi Granites, well-known artists who paint with Warlukurlangu Artists. She is also the great grand-daughter of Paddy Japaljarri Sims (Deceased) one of the founding artists of Warlukurlangu Artists. Athena has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Corporation, since 2010.
Priscilla was born in Alice Springs in 1977 and has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists since 2010. Her country is Tanami Downs, until recently Mongrel Downs Station, located about 700 km north-west of Alice Springs.
Shanna, born in 1988, has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, since 2002, when she was 14 years of age. Four generations of Shanna's family actively participate in the activities of the art centre.
Athena Nangala Granites, Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming).
Warlukurlangu Artists is a prolific and successful Aboriginal-owned art centre in Central Australia and has work in collections across Australia and internationally. The principle aim of the art centre is to share Warlpiri culture and to increase awareness about Aboriginal culture in general. Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association is the guardian of the Jukurrpa, the law and culture of the Warlpiri and Anmatyerre people living at Yuendumu.
These acrylic paintings, as a collection, are a powerful tool of contemporary artistic expression, demonstrating diverse and collaborative methodology, and the artist’s ability to capture the vitality of Jukurrpa and its essential, vital integration with country. The artists’ Jukurrpa stories are vast in time and space, yet simultaneously acute, personal and immediate.
This exhibition includes exciting work from both emerging and established artists:
Shorty Jangala Robertson
Joy Nangala Brown
Pauline Napangardi Gallagher
Polly Anne Napangardi Dixon
Christine Napanangka Michaels
Phyllis Napurrurla Williams
Sarah Napurrurla White
Pauline Nampijinpa Singleton
Geraldine Napangardi Granites
Magda Nakamarra Curtis
Maisie Nungarrayi Ward
Mary Napangardi Butcher
Steven Jupurrurla Nelson
Chantelle Nampijinpa Robertson
Corinne Nampijinpa Ryan
Christine Nakamarra Curtis
Angelina Nampiijnpa Tasman
Sabrina Nangala Robertson
Daphne Napurrurla White
Serena Nakamarra Shannon
Janelle Napurrurla Wilson
Saraeva Napangardi Marshall
Roxanne Nungarrayi Martin
Athena Nangala Granites
Marlene Napurrurla Ross
Molly Napurrurla Martin
Lorraine Nungarrayi Granites
More information about Warlukurlangu Artists
Hearth Galleries 208 Maroondah Highway Healesville
Please contact us for prices and the full catalogue.
Header image: Janganpa Jukurrpa (Brushtailed Possum Dreaming) Stephen Jupurrurla Nelson
Feature image: Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) Evelyn Nangala Robertson
Feature image: Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) Evelyn Nangala Robertson
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