Title
Antara
2017
Artist
Betty Kuntiwa Pumani
Australia
01 Jun 1963 –
Language groups: Pitjantjatjara, Southern Desert region, Yankunytjatjara, Southern desert region
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Mimili
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South Australia
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Australia
- Cultural origin
- Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara, Southern Desert region
- Date
- 2017
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- acrylic on linen
- Dimensions
- 203.0 x 303.0 x 4.5 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Acquired with funds provided by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Board of Trustees 2017
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 189.2017
- Copyright
- © Betty Kuntiwa Pumani
- Wynne Prize
- Winner - 2017
- Artist information
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Betty Kuntiwa Pumani
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About
Betty Kuntiwa Pumani is recognised for her bold paintings of Antara. Her late mother Kunmanara (Miliatjari) Pumani taught Betty and her older sister, Kunmanara (Ngupulya) Pumani to paint this site, which is of utmost importance to her family and part of her mother’s country. Antara is connected to the maku (witchetty grub).
This stunning work won the 2017 Wynne Prize and offers a vibrant image of country, painted in striking colour. Betty’s signature reds evoke the rocky desert country of Antara, while simultaneously suggesting blood or viscera, and an unmistakable energy. The contrasting areas of white and its subtle tonal shifts are a quiet and patient counterpoint to these pulsating reds. -
Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes (2017), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 Jul 2017–22 Oct 2017
SMP Interstitials, Art Gallery of New South Wales, North Building, Sydney, 03 Dec 2022–01 Sep 2023
