In Town, Out Bush: New works from the Town Camp Artists
Past exhibition
Kumantjayi Napangardi (Joanne) Wheeler
Ladies Dancing, Ceremony, 2022
acrylic on linen
150 x 75 cm
12400-22
The ladies all there, they dancing with the stick there. They in the bush. All the ladies dancing, singing. Big camp, they was sleeping there. No man, just only ladies....
The ladies all there, they dancing with the stick there. They in the bush. All the ladies dancing, singing. Big camp, they was sleeping there. No man, just only ladies. They learning all the kids with the hairstring belts, feathers. The kids all learning all the songs from their mothers' side, their aunties' side, their grandmothers' side. They digging up goanna, witchetty and gonna, and collect all the bush food. Big feast for everyone. They all there!