Warlukurlangu Jukurrpa (Fire country Dreaming) 7841/23 (M)

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Medium Acrylic, Canvas, Ready to hang
Dimensions 30cm (W) x 30cm (H) x 5cm (D)
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Artwork Description

This Dreaming belongs to Warlukurlangu country to the south-west of Yuendumu, for which Jampijinpa/Jangala men and Nampijinpa/Nangala women have custodial responsibility. An old man ‘lungkarda’ (centralian blue-tongued lizard [Tiliqua multifasciata]), of the Jampijinpa skin group, lived on a hill with his two Jangala sons. The old man would feign blindness and send the two boys hunting in search of meat. While they were gone he would hunt and eat anything that he caught before they returned. One day the sons returned with a kangaroo that they had caught after much tracking. Unfortunately the kangaroo was sacred to the ‘lungkarda’, unbeknown to the boys. In his anger the old man decided to punish his sons and the next time they went out, he put his fire stick to the ground and sent a huge bush fire after them which chased them for many miles, at times propelling them through the air. Although the boys beat out the flames, ‘lungkarda’s’ special magic kept the fire alive and it re-appeared out of his blue-tongued lizard hole. Exhausted the boys were finally overcome by the flames. In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites and other elements. Usually sites that are depicted in paintings of this Jukurrpa include Warlukurlangu (a men’s cave), Kirrkirrmanu (where the sacred kangaroo was killed), Wayililinypa (where the fire killed the two Jangala sons) and Marnimarnu (a water soakage) where the two Jangalas camped.

Artist Bio

Violette Malbunka was born in Alice Springs hospital and returned to the remote Aboriginal community of Yuendumu where she grew up and attended school. She has been painting for Warlukurlangu Artists, the local Aboriginal owned art cooperative, since 2016. Like the other local artists Violet uses traditional iconography to tell her traditional stories of country. Her main Dreamings stories are Warlukurlangu or Fire Dreaming, Goanna Dreaming and Women hunting for bush tucker. These paintings are maps of the local country embedded with traditional lore and have been passed down from generation to generations for millennia. Violet inherited these stories from her parents and she is only allowed to painting the stories that belong to her family. Painting gives her a lot of pleasure and she is very proud to share her culture with the broader community.