{"product_id":"denise-ngwarraye-bonney-tijamburra-my-grandmothers-country-459-25","title":"Denise Ngwarraye Bonney | Tijamburra, My Grandmothers Country 459-25","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is my Mothers Mothers country, out near Canteen Creek, we go hunting for wild onions, goannas, echidnas and sugar bag honey in the trees. I like to hunt in my country, there is water all year round even if it looks dry, we follow the bird tracks to know where to dig and then we find water.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis painting is after rain, many grasses are out, but the riverbed is still sandy.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eThe artists of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists paint their country where those stories sit. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmpilatwatja's paintings pay homage to the significance and use of traditional bush medicine, allowing an insight into their community. They depict the traditional knowledge of dreaming and country through the translation of waterholes and soaks, bush medicines, mountains and sand hills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey predominantly paint \u003cem\u003eArreth\u003c\/em\u003e (strong bush medicine), demonstrating our deep connection to country. A veritable source of life, the land has provided and sustained Alyawarr people for generations, as every plant and animal has a vital role to play within the ecological system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderneath the surface of the paintings there is an underlying sense that there is more to these landscapes than meets the eye. In keeping with the religious laws, the artists reveal only a small amount of knowledge to the uninitiated. The esoteric information that is held sacred to their artists and people is concealed from the public and layered underneath the common visual narrative, masked by the delicate layered dots of the painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtists of Ampilatwatja art centre is a place where women across all generations can gather and pass on knowledge, share stories and practice and develop our art, while men carve and make wooden artefacts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Our art centre helps keep our culture strong.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText courtesy of Artists of Ampiltwatja.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51242463691050,"sku":null,"price":3460.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Denise_Ngwarraye_Bonney_459-25.jpg?v=1777528188","url":"https:\/\/brunswickstreetgallery.com.au\/products\/denise-ngwarraye-bonney-tijamburra-my-grandmothers-country-459-25","provider":"Brunswick Street Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}