Desmond Woodforde Australian, b. 1974
Tukurpa (Milky Way Storyline), 2025
acrylic on canvas
101 x 101 cm
373-25
Uwa, painting nyangatja, ngayulu palyanu tjukatu, panya wangkanyi, Milky Way, ka nganana Anangungku wangkanji tjukatu, panya katu wati ngaranyi kata kutjara, ka nyangatja taan inma palyanu munu inmaku pakanu. Ka...
Uwa, painting nyangatja, ngayulu palyanu tjukatu, panya wangkanyi, Milky Way, ka nganana Anangungku wangkanji tjukatu, panya katu wati ngaranyi kata kutjara, ka nyangatja taan inma palyanu munu inmaku pakanu. Ka tjitji tjuta, uwankara Anangu tjuta, minyma tjuta pukularingu, ka nyangatja tjukatu tjukurpa palu ngaranyi, ilkaringka nganampa inma tjara, uwa palya thank you, ngayuku ini Desmond Woodforde, palya.
In the artwork I paint is the Milky Way. We as Anangu (Indigenous Australian) people would call it Tjukatu, the Milky Way that lies above us in the night skies. The people have danced and sung ceremony for the stars for a long time: the children, women and everyone else would be happy and excited, singing under the stars. So this is my story, the Milky Way Storyline, that lies within our night sky for all to see.
In the artwork I paint is the Milky Way. We as Anangu (Indigenous Australian) people would call it Tjukatu, the Milky Way that lies above us in the night skies. The people have danced and sung ceremony for the stars for a long time: the children, women and everyone else would be happy and excited, singing under the stars. So this is my story, the Milky Way Storyline, that lies within our night sky for all to see.