Kurlkurta Tjukurpa
Mary GIBSON: artist
This painting represents the land east of Tjukurla called 'Kurlkurta'. It is a Tjukurpa story about a woman who was digging in the rockholes there. While digging she fell into the rockhole, went through the ground and came out through another rockhole. When she came out the other side she saw two big water snakes, 'Wanabi', big snakes from the Dreamtime. The woman squeezed her breastmilk into the rockhole to appease the giant snake and so she escaped.
Title
Kurlkurta Tjukurpa
Artist/Maker and role
Mary GIBSON: artist
Date
2018
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Measurements
145.5 x 146.5 cm
Credit line
Purchased through The Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: COVID-19 Arts Stimulus package, 2020
© Mary Gibson / Copyright Agency Ltd
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
2020/0353