Cynthia SiewFeb 6, 2025

Seven Sisters shine,
the old man outwitted by
an eternal chase

Seven Sisters, 2019
Sylvia Ken
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/51.2019/

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Seven Sisters, 2019 by Sylvia Ken

Sylvia Ken is from Amata community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands and has been painting since 1999. The seven sisters are a recurring subject within Ken’s paintings. The travels of these sisters across the night sky as they attempt ...

Cynthia SiewJan 2, 2025

Country as Network
Places = Nodes; Paths = Edges; look!
The spaces are full.

Tingari Story, 1986
Willy Tjungurrayi
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/548.1993/

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Tingari Story, 1986 by Willy Tjungurrayi

This work depicts the travels of the Tingari, a group of ancestor beings, who travelled over vast stretches of the country performing rituals and creating and shaping sites. The Tingari Men were usually accompanied by novices and their travels and ...

Cynthia SiewDec 30, 2024

decomposing fruit
depicted in precious gems
becomes eternal

Bad lemon (lichen), 2022
Kathleen Ryan
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/20.2023/

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Bad lemon (lichen), 2022 by Kathleen Ryan

A deep ambivalence about objects and the human desire to have them runs through the tradition of still life. A seventeenth-century painting of a lavish feast or bouquet celebrates the pleasures of the senses and the satisfactions of worldly ownership. ...