STEWART 2011.165

Nellie Stewart's paintings of Country, using elementary shapes and patterns executed in bold and gestural brushstrokes, are considered important works from the recent Anangu painting movement located on the border of South Australia and the Northern Territory. In this work, Stewart displays great power in her dramatic portrayal of the Two Sisters (Minyma Kutjara) story, of which she is a senior custodian. The Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa connects a large swathe of country from Central Australia to the Great Australian Bight through the creative journeys of these ancestral women, and Stewart's depiction of this story befits a narrative of such cultural and geographical import.