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Jimmy Donegan & Friends: A look at Jimmy Donegan

Past exhibition
31 March - 19 April 2017
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jimmy Donegan, The Pukara Rock Hole

Jimmy Donegan Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. c.1940

The Pukara Rock Hole
acrylic on canvas
122 x 76 cm
833673
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Pukara Rock Hole is in sandy country where the Desert Heath Myrle grows in abundance. The stories attached to Pukara are plentiful and link to great travelers from the Dreamtime....
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Pukara Rock Hole is in sandy country where the Desert Heath Myrle grows in abundance. The stories attached to Pukara are plentiful and link to great travelers from the Dreamtime. Snakes who are really men, who have traveled huge distances across country from as far away as Perth. A father and son, who finally come to Pukara wherethey stay, they are still there today. Jimmy's painting have a great deal of symbolism and hidden in the dots. Onecan find the lay of the land, the seasonal flora that is plentiful at Pukara and stories of spearings, injury, recoveryto health, dispute between the snake/men and the tribal people who want the resourses and water that is to be found at Pukara
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