Lot 99

Irrunytju Arts Centre, Alice Springs (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Melbourne

"Reflecting the strong relationships between the artist, her land and culture, Karrika's work brings together contemporary painting techniques and media with ancient visual language and tjukurrpa (dreaming stories). 'My country is Pulpul where there is a big rockhole. Auntie heard all of the people coming chasing a malu, but it was not really a malu, it was a man dressed up as a malu. When she heard them coming Auntie thumped on the ground so that they could all get to the water through a tunnel under the ground. When they went through the tunnel Auntie blocked the way so they could not get out. Men, women and children. They are still there. When I was a child we used to go on through the tunnel to get water with a firebrand to frighten them away.' Karrika is Chair of Ngaanyatjarra Media. As well as filming documentaries of her culture and painting, she continues to practice traditional cultural business, law and medicine and collect bushfoods."
As stated on the Irrunytju Arts certificate of authenticity

© Karrika Belle Davidson/Copyright Agency, 2023