{"id":4592,"date":"2023-08-20T17:14:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T07:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.titeb.com.au\/?p=4592"},"modified":"2023-09-08T10:37:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T00:37:25","slug":"telstra-natsiaa-tiwi-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.titeb.com.au\/board\/telstra-natsiaa-tiwi-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Telstra NATSIAA – Tiwi finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"
This year, Tiwi artists have once again done us proud, with four Telstra NATSIAA Finalists from the Islands!<\/span><\/p>\n The Telstra NATSIAA<\/span> is the longest running and most prestigious Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art award in the country. Tiwi artists continue to inspire future generations with their National Award Winning artwork. <\/span><\/p>\n Telstra NATSIAA Finalists 2023 Janice Murray Pungautiji (Milikapiti)\u00a0<\/strong> Janice’s work brings together parlinarri<\/em> (the old) and ningani<\/em> (the new) in a multimedia installation, featuring locally sourced earth pigments on stringybark either side of a video of the artist applying jilamara<\/em> or yirinkirripwoja<\/em> (ceremonial Tiwi ochre body design).<\/p>\n Arnold Joseph Tipiloura (Wurrumiyanga) Arnold’s painting depicts the story told by elders of two sisters; the older sister (Arring) went to Milikapiti (Snake Bay) and the younger sister (Pungalu) went to Rocky Point. When these sisters passed away, they became the “ocean rocks” that are potent fertility places for the Tiwi.<\/p>\n Kaye Brown (Milikapiti) Kaye’s work tells the story of ceremonial and practical obiects and how they relate to her lived experience. “When we finish the ceremony the tunga would be put on top of the [ironwood] Pukumani pole, so the spirit of the person can use and take things with them on their journey,’ she said.<\/p>\n Raelene Kerinauia Lampuwatu (Milikapiti) Raelene paints with the kayimwagakimi<\/em> or comb, sometimes called pwoja,<\/em> which also means bone. In her latest series of paintings, Raelene has been using these established jilamara<\/em> (ochre body paint designs) to depict the complex weaving patterns of pandanus mats her relatives and friends have made on the Tiwi Islands in the past.<\/p>\n SALON des Refus\u00e9s<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In addition, the painting Pwonga, 2023<\/em> by Christine Puruntatameri (Munupi Arts)<\/strong> was selected for the\u00a0SALON des Refus\u00e9s, <\/em>which is an exhibition of works submitted but not accepted into the NATSIAA<\/em>. The painting tells a story about Pwonga<\/em> the spider woman who gave us the designs of the web lines and tells us there is water near.<\/p>\n Congratulations to all our Tiwi artists!<\/p>\n The Telstra NATSIAA exhibition is running at Museum & Art Gallery NT until Sunday 14 January, 2024 – or you can explore online.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This year, Tiwi artists have once again done us proud, with four Telstra NATSIAA Finalists from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":4593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/strong>(Pictured in order)<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Jilamara (ochre body design), 2023 (Featured photo)<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Milika\/Pungalu (Rocky Point landscape) – A Place of Fertility, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Tutini (Pukumani pole) with Tunga (folded bark basket), 2022<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Miyaringa (woven pandanus mat), 2022\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n