COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT : TJUKURLA: Artworks from the Bungalow
Current viewing_room
Esther Giles Australian, Ngaanyatjarra, 1946-2018
Kuruyurltu / Esther, 2015
acrylic on canvas
101.5 x 75.5 cm
15-17
This painting is about a Dreamtime story. The story is from Esther's Mother's country- ' Mangari'. The painting is about a huge tunnel that runs through the ground in the...
This painting is about a Dreamtime story. The story is from Esther's Mother's country- ' Mangari'. The painting is about a huge tunnel that runs through the ground in the Mangari country. The Ngaanyatjarra people call the site 'Kuru Yurltu'- meaning 'Hollow Eye'. This cavern-like tunnel holds a large body of water, and is the the physical representation of a dreamtime story in which a man is speared through the torso as punishment for a crime. This tunnel represents the hole in the man's body after being speared.