3079, Kulata Tjuta - Kungkarangkalpa Freddy's Story, Freddy Ken
ARTWORK ID: 3079
CATEGORY: Open Theme
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Kungkarangkalpa means the Seven Sisters. This is an extensive creation story that relates to the Pleiades constellation in the southern hemisphere. The story traverses Australia taking on different forms, however Freddy's part of the story is from his father's country west of Atila (Mt Connor). For this part of the story a man called Nyiru is chasing the sisters as he wants to sleep with the oldest sister. All the younger sisters are deeply afraid of him.
Nyiru makes kulata tjuta (many spears) and leaves them leaning up against a tree. When the sisters are travelling they find the spears resting there and realise that the wati kura (bad man) is nearby. They get frightened and run away. Eventually, to escape Nyiru, the sisters fly into the sky where they turn into stars and form the constellation.
MEDIUM: Acrylic on Linen
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 1370mm x 1070mm
WEIGHT (approx): 1.5kg
ARTIST LOCATION: ALICE SPRINGS, NT
ARTWORK ID: 3079
CATEGORY: Open Theme
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Kungkarangkalpa means the Seven Sisters. This is an extensive creation story that relates to the Pleiades constellation in the southern hemisphere. The story traverses Australia taking on different forms, however Freddy's part of the story is from his father's country west of Atila (Mt Connor). For this part of the story a man called Nyiru is chasing the sisters as he wants to sleep with the oldest sister. All the younger sisters are deeply afraid of him.
Nyiru makes kulata tjuta (many spears) and leaves them leaning up against a tree. When the sisters are travelling they find the spears resting there and realise that the wati kura (bad man) is nearby. They get frightened and run away. Eventually, to escape Nyiru, the sisters fly into the sky where they turn into stars and form the constellation.
MEDIUM: Acrylic on Linen
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 1370mm x 1070mm
WEIGHT (approx): 1.5kg
ARTIST LOCATION: ALICE SPRINGS, NT
ARTWORK ID: 3079
CATEGORY: Open Theme
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Kungkarangkalpa means the Seven Sisters. This is an extensive creation story that relates to the Pleiades constellation in the southern hemisphere. The story traverses Australia taking on different forms, however Freddy's part of the story is from his father's country west of Atila (Mt Connor). For this part of the story a man called Nyiru is chasing the sisters as he wants to sleep with the oldest sister. All the younger sisters are deeply afraid of him.
Nyiru makes kulata tjuta (many spears) and leaves them leaning up against a tree. When the sisters are travelling they find the spears resting there and realise that the wati kura (bad man) is nearby. They get frightened and run away. Eventually, to escape Nyiru, the sisters fly into the sky where they turn into stars and form the constellation.
MEDIUM: Acrylic on Linen
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 1370mm x 1070mm
WEIGHT (approx): 1.5kg
ARTIST LOCATION: ALICE SPRINGS, NT