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Mary Kemarre Morton
About Artwork
Code: EDA-MM657/11
Artist: Mary Kemarre Morton
Region: Utopia, Central Australia
Medium: Polymer acrylic on linen
Size: 58cm x 86cm
Artist Information
Mary Kemarre Morton was one of the senior women bosses on Utopia. She had responsibility for painting body designs on young women initiates and singing Awleye songs to encourage their fertility and teaches the tribal dreamings or rules of life.
First Awelye and Country paintings
This painting is Mary’s representation of different body designs which are painted on the women for the ceremonies. Underlying this work is a series of random lines representing the artists dreaming. In ceremonies similar marks are painted on the women’s bodies – it is understood that they represent the subject of the story – in this instance, they are linked to the Kurrajong seed – Mary’s dreaming. These are underpinned by a dot pattern and this is overlaid with dots and fine wavy lines.
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Ethical Trade Details
Eastern Desert Art is a member of the Indigenous Art Code of Conduct and the Aboriginal Art Association of Australia and sells directly to collectors and galleries nationally and internationally.
To demonstrate provenance, artworks are sold with an Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct Certificate. These Certificates provide the purchaser with information on the artist, the story of their painting (when permitted by the artist under cultural law) and photographs of the artists with their paintings. The artworks are painted on prepared Belgian linen using polymer acrylics.
The local Alyawarre and Anmatyerre artists prepare and work on their paintings at the Eastern Desert art shed located on our property adjacent to Utopia.
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