Tarnanthi - Milpatjunanyi

Milpatjunanyi takes its name and curatorial impetus from the act of drawing. It has been curated by senior Aṉangu women, including Mrs Kaika Burton, to celebrate the Aṉangu commitment to and culture of drawing throughout the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands of South Australia.

Milpatjunanyi is the physical manifestation of Tjukurpa (ancestral creation stories and law), which lives in and on bodies and in and on Country. This profound act of mark-making – using hands, sticks, leaves and, more recently, wire – is often accompanied by verbal storytelling and sometimes singing.

Artists

Nyunmiti Burton
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Kunmanara (Wawiriya) Burton
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

George Cooley
Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia

Kunmanara (Ngilan) Dodd
Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia

Kunmanara (Stanley) Douglas
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Zaachariaha Fielding
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Witjiti George
Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia

Tuppy Goodwin
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Mrs (Nyurpaya) Kaika Burton OAM
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Yaritji Heffernan
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Jennifer Ingkatji
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Iluwanti Ken
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Kunmanara (Ray) Ken
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Kunmanara (Paniny) Mick
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Betty Muffler
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Kunmanara (Peter) Mungkuri OAM
Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia

Mary Katatjuku Pan
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Kunmanara (Jimmy) Pompey
Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia

Margaret Richards
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Sally Scales
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Rhoda Tjitayi
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Tiger Yalktangki
Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia

Puna Yanima
Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia

Frank Young
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Yaritji Young
Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia

Special event

Launch event
Sat 21 Oct, 4–6pm

Access

Wheelchair accessible, accessible toilets