Recent prints from Warlukurlangu Artists (April 2008)
Paddy
Japaljarri Sims from Yuendumu in collaboration with Basil Hall has
completed a folio of 4 etchings to mark the artists 90th year.
The prints show the traditional practices associated with burning off areas of spinifex country. The fires are lit around the central circular motifs that depict mulju (water soakages) so that Liwirringki (burrowing skinks) and other lizards and small mammals are flushed out of their burrows and hiding places. The circular motifs represent mulju and curvy lines are used to represent Warlu (fire) and flames spreading out in the area. This Dreaming is specifically associated with hunting Liwirringki and is celebrated with a corroborree, on the same ground burnt by the fire.
Image: Paddy Japaljarri Sims at Yuendumu working on the etching plates published to mark his 90th year.
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| Warlu Jukurrpa (Fire Dreaming), etching Image size 19 x 14 cms © Warlukurlangu Artists 2007. | Warlu Jukurrpa (Fire Dreaming) by Paddy Japaljarri Sims © Warlukurlangu Artists 2007 | The folio containing the four etchings. |
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