Ursula Napangardi HUDSON

Pikilyi Jukurrpa (Vaughan Springs Dreaming) , 2024

Art : Aboriginal
Origine : Yuendumu
Dimensions : 46 x 61 cm
Medium : Acrylic on canvas
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N° : 4586

Ursula Hudson Napangardi is renewing her palette, usually composed of red, black and white, with blue this time, which she combines with white. In her work, Ursula Hudson Napangardi presents her version of the Dream of Pikilyi, a sacred site where there is a waterhole and a stream, not far from Yuendumu. On the canvas, the wavy lines represent the water flowing into the river, and the concentric circles represent the sacred site.

Legend has it that a pair of Rainbow Snakes used to live there. Women came to remove the lice attached to the bodies of the two mythical beings, who in exchange gave them the right to take water from the stream. The Aborigines still celebrate ceremonies in this place, where the spirit of the two snakes still resides. This Dreaming belongs to several family groups and illustrates the complexity of the desert's social structures.