ARCHETYPAL NARRATIVE
The visual Arts has a metaphoric language that carries layers of stories
Stories can be personal, cultural and archetypal
These Karrinyarra paintings are of an archetypal nature and belong to the great collective memory
Here the stories provide living myth and meaning for countless generations
The Sacred Circles hold a story that has belonged to all people
Circles elude to the cycles of the sun and moon and the elements and life shaped by seasons
For 2008 man, these metaphors still hold enduring and sustainable relevance
Ilpili
Ada and Emily Andy Napaltjarri's 2007
Site: Rock hole with water on eastern edge of Ilpili
Story: Wrong skin Tjakamarra sitting over by the hill watching two women Nupurrula and Napananga sitting there at this water hole
They got up then and walked to north of Alice Springs
Rock hole with Petroglyphs on eastern edge of Ilpili
- Karrinyarra Petroglyphs 17,000-30,000 years old.
