Beryl Jimmy
(Australia 01 Jan 1970 – )
- Community
- Kanpi, Southern desert region
- Language group
- Pitjantjatjara, Southern Desert region
Imitjala Pollard
(Australia 01 Jan 1963 – )
- Community
- Kanpi, Southern desert region
- Language group
- Pitjantjatjara, Southern Desert region
Anne Dixon
(Australia 1965 – )
- Community
- Alice Springs, Central desert region
- Language group
- Pitjantjatjara, Southern desert region
Kalkatja
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The sisters Beryl Jimmy, Imitjala Pollard and Anne Dixon paint collaboratively as the Watarru Collective. Their work is inspired by a deep connection to country and is evidence of their immense knowledge of food and water sources that are vital for survival in the dynamic desert environment that is their home. In Kalkatja 2013 they provide a beautiful depiction of the vast landscape and natural resources surrounding the remote community of Watarru, in the Southern Desert region. A particular focus within the work is a serpent being that resides in a rockhole at Kalkatja. The work also shows the rocky country that surrounds this rockhole, as well as the large fig tree and wild tobacco plant that are found there.
- Place of origin
-
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands,
South Australia,
Australia
- Cultural origin
- Watarru
- Year
- 2013
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- synthetic polymer paint on linen
- Dimensions
- 199.8 x 118.3 x 3 cm
- Credit
- Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund for Contemporary Aboriginal Art 2014
- Accession number
- 14.2014
- Copyright
- © Beryl Jimmy, Imitjala Pollard, Anne Dixon. Licensed by Tjungu Palya Arts
