Diverse Desert Art
Seven Sisters .. gnpaag001 (SALE)
Kunstenaar: Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi
Maat: 150x100cm
CAT No: gnpaag001
Materiaal: acryl op linnen
Prijs: €2950,- (was €3950,- )
Story
In her renditions of the story, Gabriella recreates the desert night sky with its luminous heavenly characters suspended in the deep blue of space. The Milky Way is depicted as clouds of softly glowing stars, with the major characters in the narrative appearing as singular stellar ‘landmarks’ that emerge from dark empty spaces. This is the ancient myth of the Milky Way and the Seven Sisters (Pleiades). This Dreaming was inherited by Gabriella from her mother and grandmother, and given to Gabriella by her father. This story takes place at the “twenty mile” located near Napperby Creek in the Northern Territory. The Seven Sisters travelled over a vast expanse of country until they realised that they were being followed by a man called Wati-Nyiru (who was a Tjakamarra man). He was an evil person who wanted to seduce the sisters, and so the sisters were frightened of him. They tried to hide from him in caves, but he began to disguise himself as many things, including a snake, to deceive them.
With little hope of escaping from him, the Seven Sisters escaped through a fire at Kurlunyalimpa to the Milky Way, where they became the stars of the Pleiades in the Constellation Taurus. There they remain safe, forever watching out over all women on earth. Wati-Nyiru followed them to the heavens and became the Morning Star in the constellation Orion and is unable to get near them as they move across the night sky.
Kunstenaar: Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi
Maat: 150x100cm
CAT No: gnpaag001
Materiaal: acryl op linnen
Prijs: €2950,- (was €3950,- )
Story
In her renditions of the story, Gabriella recreates the desert night sky with its luminous heavenly characters suspended in the deep blue of space. The Milky Way is depicted as clouds of softly glowing stars, with the major characters in the narrative appearing as singular stellar ‘landmarks’ that emerge from dark empty spaces. This is the ancient myth of the Milky Way and the Seven Sisters (Pleiades). This Dreaming was inherited by Gabriella from her mother and grandmother, and given to
Gabriella by her father. This story takes place at the “twenty mile” located near Napperby Creek in the Northern Territory. The Seven Sisters travelled over a vast expanse of country until they realised that they were being followed by a man called Wati-Nyiru (who was a Tjakamarra man). He was an evil person who wanted to seduce the sisters, and so the sisters were frightened of him. They tried to hide from him in caves, but he began to disguise himself as many things, including a snake, to deceive them. With little hope of escaping from him, the Seven Sisters escaped through a fire at Kurlunyalimpa to the Milky Way, where they became the stars of the Pleiades in the Constellation Taurus. There they remain safe, forever watching out over all women on earth. Wati-Nyiru followed them to the heavens and became the Morning Star in the constellation Orion and is unable to get near them as they move across the night sky.
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