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Anmanar i Brown
Kungkarrakalpa Tjukurrpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming)
2002
Anmanari Brown is a senior Irrunytju painter whose work reflects
a deep knowledge of the landscape and the mythology that
resides within.
Seven Sisters Dreaming
is based on an ancestral
narrative from the Central Desert region. It tells the journey of
seven young women who are pursued cross-country by a sly,
lustful man named Wati Nyiru. In order to remain close to them,
he adopts various disguises, such as a tree or a bird. The sisters
hide and escape detection and, growing increasingly angry,
Wati Nyiru uses sorcery to make one extremely sick. When she
dies, the other sisters take her up to the sky and they all became
stars together. When you look into the night sky, you can see
the seven stars of the seven sisters (the Pleiades) followed by
Wati Nyiru (Orion).
Anmanari Brown
/ Pitjantjatjara people, Australia b.c.1932 /
Kungkarrakalpa Tjukurrpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming)
2002 / Synthetic polymer paint on canvas / 182 x 232cm /
Acc. 2002.140 / Purchased 2002 with funds from the Estate of Betty Taylor through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation