PUNA YANIMA, Antara (triptych), 2018

PUNA YANIMA Yankunytjatjara language, born 1955 Antara (triptych), 2018 acrylic on linen 198 x 198 cm (each); 198 x 595 cm (total) bears inscription verso: Puna Yanima, Mimili Maku Arts, 177-18; 10-18; 47-18 PROVENANCE Mimili Maku Arts, South Australia, Cat No. 177-18, 47-18 & 10-18 JGM Gallery, United Kingdom Private Collection, United Kingdom Accompanied by certificates of authenticity from Mimili Maku Arts and a photo of the artist with the artwork EXHIBITED Puna Yanima & Linda Puna Wanka Kutjara, Tjukurpa Kutju, 28 July - 2 September 2018, Linden New Art, Melbourne, Victoria Puna Yanima is one of the senior cultural custodians of Mimili community and a founding artist of Mimili Maku Arts. Her paintings depict Antara, a significant ceremonial landscape associated with the maku (witchetty grub) creation story. Drawing on a lifetime of cultural knowledge, she translates the rhythms of Country into a distinctive visual language that is both deeply personal and firmly grounded in tradition. "I paint the Antara storyline," Puna explains, "the landscape we live within, home to the important witchetty grub ceremony. In my paintings you can see the witchetty grubs, the paths they travel, the big rocks and the rockholes that are part of this ceremony... I like to use a lot of water and inks on my paintings. This is my way." Working with fluid washes of blue, indigo and white, Puna allows pigment to move freely across the surface, creating compositions that evoke the movement and atmosphere of Country rather than describing it literally. Rockholes, significant sites and the pathways of the maku emerge through layered passages of colour, giving her paintings a remarkable sense of depth and vitality. While the imagery reflects the physical landscape of Antara, its deeper cultural meanings remain with those entrusted to hold and pass on this knowledge. © PUNA YANIMA / Copyright Agency, 2026

Estimate:$12,659.74

View all items fromArt LevenorArts & Graphics