DESERT DESCENDENTS: HELICOPTER TJUNGURRAYI, CHRISTINE YUKENBARRI & STEPHANIE YUKENBARRI
Past exhibition
Helicopter Tjungurrayi Australian, Kukatja / Wangkajunga, b. 1947
Wangkartu, 2015
acrylic on linen
100 x 50 cm
460-15
Helicopter has painted some of his country south of Balgo, in the Great Sandy Desert. This country is named Wangkartu after the Tjurrnu (soakwater) in this country. The parallel lines...
Helicopter has painted some of his country south of Balgo, in the Great Sandy Desert. This country is named Wangkartu after the Tjurrnu (soakwater) in this country. The parallel lines in the painting represent the Tali (sandhills) that dominate the country. This is the country where Helicopter was born. The dots are Mangarri (food - bush tucker): fruit trees.