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Anwerlarr Anganenty (Big Yam Dreaming)
1995
To an unfamiliar Western eye, the web of white lines can look abstract. It is grounded in the underground yam system and Kngwarreye's relationship to Country, ceremony and Anmatyerr knowledge.
Artist field note
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Country becomes painting.
The five in one idea
She did not paint 'landscape' in the conventional Western sense. She painted from a relationship with Country.