A KEN FAMILY EXHIBITION Tjukurpa, Ngura, Waltja. Culture, Country, Family. IN PROUD ASSOCIATION WITH OUTSTATION GALLERY AND TJALA ARTS FREDA BRADY FREDDY KEN RAY KEN SANDRA KEN SYLVIA KANYTJUPAI KEN TJUNGKARA KEN PANINY MICK MARINGKA TUNKIN MICK WIKILYIRI YARITJI YOUNG Opening Saturday 18th April at 11am Showing 18th April - 9th May 2015 8 Parap Place, Parap Northern Territory 0820 P : 08 8981 4822 F : 08 8981 4877 COVER: Mick Wikilyiri, Ngayuku ngura - My E: [email protected] Country see page 10; LEFT: Ken Sisters Collaborative Seven Sisters (detail) see W: www.outstation.com.au page 8; PAGE 7 Tjala honey ant courtesy Tjala Arts Director Matt Ward Your culture is in your blood, look after each other as you have been taught. — YARITJI YOUNG … my mind moves to country as I am painting. It makes me happy. My name is Mick Wikilyiri. This exhibition was my idea. I am an old man Tjilpie. As a young man I worked on the cattle stations, riding the horses. It was great work, hard work, but those were happy times. I know all about the white man’s world, how the white man thinks. These days I am still working, I am in the Art Centre every day painting and teaching young fellas. My mind takes me back to the old days, and my mind moves to country as I am painting. It makes me happy. I may be a Tjilpie, but I know my law, I am strong in my law and I work everyday, in the Art Centre, in my community, and country to make sure that Law is held, and kept strong, this is the most important thing that I think about. I think this is the most important thing to all Tjilpies like me. Tjukurpa, Ngura, Waltja. Culture, Country, Family. THE KEN FAMILY TREE BY TJUNGKARA KEN So my grandmother on my Mum’s side her name was Wanga she married a man named Peter. My mother Paniny was their number one child, then there were three son’s Brenten, Kenneth, and Freddy, Paniny’s younger brothers. Paniny and my father Mick met in Ernabella. They had a son Mala first, Me Marinka, Freda, Sandra and Tjungkara was the youngest girl. We lost three brothers. Brenten and Iluwanti also met in Ernabella, they had two daughters Sylvia and Nyanu, and they lost two son’s. Freddy didn’t get married, his family is all of us and his dogs. There are hundreds of other family members, so many grand kids. The one thing about our family is that we hold each other close, and do everything together. We grew up that way, and now we are raising the next generation this way. We are holding onto them tight like a strong hug. We dedicate this exhibition to our family members those who are living and those we sadly lost. We pray for a happy, safe, and fun future for the Ken (and Mick and Pan) Mob, in the cities and in the Bush. Everywhere. Your culture is in your blood, look after each other as you have been taught. Ken Sisters - collaborative Seven Sisters acrylic on linen 300 x 200 cm 2015 35-15 8 Mick Wikilyiri Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story acrylic on linen 152 x 122 cm 2014 399-14 9 Mick Wikilyiri Ngayuku ngura - My Country acrylic on linen 122 x 101 cm 2015 37-15 10 Paniny Mick Ngayuku ngura - My Country acrylic on linen 122 x 122 cm 2014 33-14 11 Ray Ken Tali- Sand dune acrylic on linen 152 x 122 cm 2015 38-15 12 Ray Ken Tali - Sand dune acrylic on linen 152 x 122 cm 2015 157-15 13 Ray Ken Tali - Sand Dune acrylic on linen 122 x 102 cm 2014 541-14 14 Tjungkara Ken Seven Sisters acrylic on linen 122 x 198 cm 2015 31-15 15 Tjungkara Ken Seven Sisters acrylic on linen 152 x 122 cm 2015 39-15 16 Tjungkara Ken Seven Sisters acrylic on linen 152 x 122 cm 2015 114-15 17 Freddy Ken Kulata Tjuta acrylic on linen 152 x 122 cm 2015 28-15 18 Freddy Ken Kulata Tjuta acrylic on linen 102 x 102 cm 2015 27-15 19 Freddy Ken Kulata Tjuta acrylic on linen 122 x 122 cm 2015 47-15 20 Freddy Ken Kulata Tjuta acrylic on linen 152 x 122 cm 2015 88-15 21 Freda Brady Ngayuku ngura - My Country acrylic on linen 122 x 122 cm 2015 51-15 22 Freda Brady Ngayuku ngura - My Country acrylic on linen 152 x 102 cm 2015 126-15 23 Maringka Tunkin Ngayuku ngura - My Country acrylic on linen 152 x 102 cm 2015 116-15 24 Sylvia Kanytjupai Ken Seven Sisters acrylic on linen 122 x 198 cm 2015 81-15 25 Sandra Ken Seven Sisters acrylic on linen 152 x 198 cm 2015 176-15 26 Yaritji Young Seven Sisters acrylic on linen 198 x 122 cm 2014 024-14 27 For further information or to see high resolution images please contact the gallery. All rights reserved. Artwork copyright © the photographers and artists. .