Mamu Story 2
Mamu is a rockhole site southwest of Pipalyatjara, about one hour. Alkuwari was travelling with her jamu (grandson) and her grandfather (also called jamu). They made a camp with fire and big wiltja. Alkuwari was worried that her grandson was going to harm her grandfather, and she needed to go hunting. So, she hid her grandfather on top of the wiltja and went. The boy put the waru (fire) inside the wiltja and burned the grandfather. Alkuwari saw the smoke and she ran and ran to the wiltja but the grandfather had died.
The jamu had run away so she went and got all her family to follow him, to kill him. They became the mamu and turned into the seven rockholes of Mamu.
Medium: Acrylic on linen
Dimensions: 102cm x 76cm
Anyupa Nelson was born around 1968 in Pipalyatjara, and is the daughter of Angampa Martin, a renowned Irrunytju artist. Growing up in Pipalyatjara with her family, Anyupa was always surrounded by art, and enjoyed going out into the bush with her mum and dad, siblings, and aunties to catch bush tucker and spend time on Country. Today, Anyupa still enjoys going out to the bush with the ladies and her knowledge about the land and animals is remarkable.
Anyupa learned to paint from the older women in at Ninuku, including her mother, who painted stories of her Country in Western Australia. Anyupa’s work is inspired by her mother’s country and a determination to support her family. Through her art, she keeps her culture strong and connects herself to the land and the stories that flow through it.
Now, Anyupa lives in Pipalyatjara with her husband, grandchildren, and extended family, and across from her sister, Angela Watson. Together they spend their days in the studio, bringing both quiet calm and laughter to the art centre and the artists.
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
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