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Exhibition

Tjukurpa, Ngura, Waltja – Culture, Country, Family

Where

Outstation Gallery
8 Parap Place
Parap, 0820
Darwin, Northern Territory

Art Centres

This exhibition is brought to you by Outstation, in collaboration with the following art centres:

Artists

  • Freda Brady
  • Freddy Ken
  • Ken Sisters Collaborative
  • Maringka Tunkin
  • Mick Wikilyiri
  • Paniny Mick
  • Ray Ken
  • Sandra Ken
  • Sylvia Kanytjupai Ken
  • Tjungkara Ken
  • Yaritji Young

The translation of law and country as it is passed on in family groups has been fostered by the role art centres have played in providing opportunity for such preservation and continuation of culture. The stories and stylistic tendencies shared between artists, is a joy to behold, including the many and varied talents of the Ken family from Amata in the APY Lands.

The story of the tjala honey ant, binds this group as can be seen in the work of elder Mick Wikilyiri whose idea founded this family exhibition. Five of Mick and Paniny Ken’s daughters have been forging their own interpretations of law and story: Yaritji Young, Sandra and Tjungkara Ken often depict the stellular Seven Sisters, while Freda Brady and Maringka Tunkin their version of Ngura, country. Sylvia Ken, daughter of artists Iluwanti and Brenten Ken, is another skillful advocate of the Seven Sisters story.

In March this year, we welcomed the return of the raw abstraction of Freddy Ken’s Kulata Tjuta – spears, explored with equal vigour in four new works.

Seven Sisters Yaritji Young

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Sandra Ken

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Seven Sisters Sylvia Kanytjupai Ken

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Maringka Tunkin

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Ngayuku ngura - My Country Freda Brady

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Ngayuku ngura - My Country Freda Brady

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Kulata Tjuta Freddy Ken

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Freddy Ken

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Freddy Ken

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Freddy Ken

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Seven Sisters Tjungkara Ken

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Tjungkara Ken

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Seven Sisters Tjungkara Ken

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Tali - Sand dune Ray Ken

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Tali - Sand dune Ray Ken

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Tali - Sand Dunes Ray Ken

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Paniny Mick

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Mick Wikilyiri

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Mick Wikilyiri

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Ken Sisters Collaborative

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