TJUNGU PALYA 2018: Recent Works from Nyapari
Past exhibition
Anyupa Stevens Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1981
Digging for Tjala
acrylic on linen
100 x 150 cm
839356
These are the tjala (honey ants) of my grandmother's country near Fregon. They are going back and forth on top of the earth and under the earth in their holes....
These are the tjala (honey ants) of my grandmother's country near Fregon. They are going back and forth on top of the earth and under the earth in their holes. I used to go digging for tjala with my grandmother and she would tell me stories and show me where to dig.