Awelye Atnwengerrp - women's ceremony
Gayla Pwerle
Art Money Purchase
We partner with Art Money to make art more accessible, support artists and a sustainable creative economy. Art Money allows you to enjoy your artwork now and pay over time, whilst we pay our artists immediately. See here for more
About Artwork
Code: EDA-GP2027/21
Artist: Gayla Pwerle
Region: Atnwengerrp, Utopia region, Central Australia
Medium: Polymer acrylic on Belgian linen
Size: 92cm x 121cm
Artist Information
Born in 1939, Gayla Pwerle the youngest of the Pwerle artists lives a traditional lifestyle with her family on Atnwengerrpe, in the Utopia region of central Australia.
The Pwerle sisters – Molly, Emily and Gayla and their three daughters Annie, Susan and Jessie Pitjara Hunter produce a vast body of work celebrating their beliefs and stories associated with ceremonies. Their paintings interpret Awelye (women’s laws/business) and all it symbolises during the spiritual women’s ceremonies. The Pwerle women produce vibrant works honouring their bush foods in particular the desert raisin and wild orange while the daughters celebrate the red-bud mallee tree and the honey grevillea and the sustenance it has provided to the Alyawarre people for generations. These works of art are also representations of body and ceremonial adornments.
The women’s paintings have been collected since the beginning of the Utopia art movement when batik was first introduced in 1977. Some of their batiks were selected for Utopia- A Picture Story an exhibition from the Holmes a Court Collection which toured extensively nationally and overseas. Their paintings were also featured in the exhibition “Utopia Women’s Paintings, the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project” (1988-89). Over the last 40 years they have participated in many exhibitions throughout Australia, Europe and the UK.
The Pwerle women produce vibrant works honouring their bush foods in particular the desert raisin and wild orange while the daughters celebrate the red-bud mallee tree and the honey grevillea and the sustenance it has provided to the Alyawarre people for generations. These works of art are also representations of body and ceremonial adornments.
The summer-time women’s ceremonies are focal points in the life of the community and are integral to the happiness and well-being of the people. They gather and sing, and dance led by the most senior women of the clan group. It is at these ceremonial gatherings that the women, especially the younger ones, are taught the tribal dreamings or rules of life by the senior women.
Gayla Pwerle paintings have been exhibited throughout Australia and in international galleries. She was nominated for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2005 and 2008.
Shipping
We provide free shipping for all orders, both domestic and international.
Ethical Trade Details
Eastern Desert Art is a member of 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 Art 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 Alyawarr and Anmatyerr artists prepare and work on their paintings at the Eastern Desert art shed located on our property adjacent to Utopia.
Enquire
Please contact us if you have any further enquiries.
Gayla Pwerle
Art Money Purchase
We partner with Art Money to make art more accessible, support artists and a sustainable creative economy. Art Money allows you to enjoy your artwork now and pay over time, whilst we pay our artists immediately. See here for more
About Artwork
Code: EDA-GP2027/21
Artist: Gayla Pwerle
Region: Atnwengerrp, Utopia region, Central Australia
Medium: Polymer acrylic on Belgian linen
Size: 92cm x 121cm
Artist Information
Born in 1939, Gayla Pwerle the youngest of the Pwerle artists lives a traditional lifestyle with her family on Atnwengerrpe, in the Utopia region of central Australia.
The Pwerle sisters – Molly, Emily and Gayla and their three daughters Annie, Susan and Jessie Pitjara Hunter produce a vast body of work celebrating their beliefs and stories associated with ceremonies. Their paintings interpret Awelye (women’s laws/business) and all it symbolises during the spiritual women’s ceremonies. The Pwerle women produce vibrant works honouring their bush foods in particular the desert raisin and wild orange while the daughters celebrate the red-bud mallee tree and the honey grevillea and the sustenance it has provided to the Alyawarre people for generations. These works of art are also representations of body and ceremonial adornments.
The women’s paintings have been collected since the beginning of the Utopia art movement when batik was first introduced in 1977. Some of their batiks were selected for Utopia- A Picture Story an exhibition from the Holmes a Court Collection which toured extensively nationally and overseas. Their paintings were also featured in the exhibition “Utopia Women’s Paintings, the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project” (1988-89). Over the last 40 years they have participated in many exhibitions throughout Australia, Europe and the UK.
The Pwerle women produce vibrant works honouring their bush foods in particular the desert raisin and wild orange while the daughters celebrate the red-bud mallee tree and the honey grevillea and the sustenance it has provided to the Alyawarre people for generations. These works of art are also representations of body and ceremonial adornments.
The summer-time women’s ceremonies are focal points in the life of the community and are integral to the happiness and well-being of the people. They gather and sing, and dance led by the most senior women of the clan group. It is at these ceremonial gatherings that the women, especially the younger ones, are taught the tribal dreamings or rules of life by the senior women.
Gayla Pwerle paintings have been exhibited throughout Australia and in international galleries. She was nominated for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2005 and 2008.
Shipping
We provide free shipping for all orders, both domestic and international.
Ethical Trade Details
Eastern Desert Art is a member of 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 Art 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 Alyawarr and Anmatyerr artists prepare and work on their paintings at the Eastern Desert art shed located on our property adjacent to Utopia.
Enquire
Please contact us if you have any further enquiries.
Gayla Pwerle
Art Money Purchase
We partner with Art Money to make art more accessible, support artists and a sustainable creative economy. Art Money allows you to enjoy your artwork now and pay over time, whilst we pay our artists immediately. See here for more
About Artwork
Code: EDA-GP2027/21
Artist: Gayla Pwerle
Region: Atnwengerrp, Utopia region, Central Australia
Medium: Polymer acrylic on Belgian linen
Size: 92cm x 121cm
Artist Information
Born in 1939, Gayla Pwerle the youngest of the Pwerle artists lives a traditional lifestyle with her family on Atnwengerrpe, in the Utopia region of central Australia.
The Pwerle sisters – Molly, Emily and Gayla and their three daughters Annie, Susan and Jessie Pitjara Hunter produce a vast body of work celebrating their beliefs and stories associated with ceremonies. Their paintings interpret Awelye (women’s laws/business) and all it symbolises during the spiritual women’s ceremonies. The Pwerle women produce vibrant works honouring their bush foods in particular the desert raisin and wild orange while the daughters celebrate the red-bud mallee tree and the honey grevillea and the sustenance it has provided to the Alyawarre people for generations. These works of art are also representations of body and ceremonial adornments.
The women’s paintings have been collected since the beginning of the Utopia art movement when batik was first introduced in 1977. Some of their batiks were selected for Utopia- A Picture Story an exhibition from the Holmes a Court Collection which toured extensively nationally and overseas. Their paintings were also featured in the exhibition “Utopia Women’s Paintings, the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project” (1988-89). Over the last 40 years they have participated in many exhibitions throughout Australia, Europe and the UK.
The Pwerle women produce vibrant works honouring their bush foods in particular the desert raisin and wild orange while the daughters celebrate the red-bud mallee tree and the honey grevillea and the sustenance it has provided to the Alyawarre people for generations. These works of art are also representations of body and ceremonial adornments.
The summer-time women’s ceremonies are focal points in the life of the community and are integral to the happiness and well-being of the people. They gather and sing, and dance led by the most senior women of the clan group. It is at these ceremonial gatherings that the women, especially the younger ones, are taught the tribal dreamings or rules of life by the senior women.
Gayla Pwerle paintings have been exhibited throughout Australia and in international galleries. She was nominated for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2005 and 2008.
Shipping
We provide free shipping for all orders, both domestic and international.
Ethical Trade Details
Eastern Desert Art is a member of 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 Art 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 Alyawarr and Anmatyerr artists prepare and work on their paintings at the Eastern Desert art shed located on our property adjacent to Utopia.
Enquire
Please contact us if you have any further enquiries.
