'Hunting kangaroo' by Lucky Kngwarreye
Object No. 96/328/1-3
These paintings undertaken in 1996 by Lucy Kngwarreye, an artist from the Utopia area of the Northern Territory, feature a traditional kangaroo hunt where the hunters use a utility rather than moving on foot. The depiction of the car in this traditional painting shows how much it is now part of the Australian indigenous landscape. In Central Australia aboriginal people have taken up the automobile and created 'Toyota Dreaming tracks'. Cars are now central to the way of life of these people living in places like Utopia, 150 km north-east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. As well as being an important mode of transport for the modern day hunter, they provide an essential link between communities.
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Summary
Object Statement
Painting (1 of 4), 'Hunting Kangaroo', acrylic paint / canvas / wood / metal, Lucky Kngwarreye, Ngkaweneyerre camp, Utopia, Northern Territory, Australia, 1996
Physical Description
Painting (3 of 4), acrylic paint on canvas, 'Hunting kangaroo', acrylic paint/canvas/wood/metal, Lucky Kngwarreye, Ngkaweneyerre camp, Utopia, Northern Territory, 1996. An Aboriginal woman stands next to a male who sits with a dead and bleeding kangaroo beside a bright blue water hole. A large brown bus is parked nearby. A small tree is located near the water hole, and the desert landscape is covered with blue, pink, white and yellow flowers. Vivid acrylic paints used on unbleached canvas secured with metal staples to wooden stretchers.
DIMENSIONS
Height
306 mm
Width
15 mm
SOURCE
Acquisition Date
23 September 1996
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