Paynjarra Jumu Twilly Subject / History when travel is difficult

when travel is difficult

including paintings

Each page features a famous artwork from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection

the ancient and the contemporary in a variety of ways

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Paynjarra Jumu Twilly Subject / History when travel is difficultIn this playful work, Nyangarni paints the soakage Paynjarra, a site the artist visited with her family as a child. The soakage is depicted by the blue circle in the centre of the painting, the blossoming Yarun (bloodwood trees) and bush tucker abundant in the area radiating outwards from the water source. Of the artwork, Nyangarni says, This one Paynjarra jumu (soakwater) good country this one, desert country, long way out. Yarun (bloodwood) them