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For over 50 years Anangu, Aboriginal people from the Central and Western Deserts, have used heated wire to create markings, filled with stories, on their traditional wooden artifacts and tools. First seen by Anangu on the stations when cattle were being branded, they discovered heated fencing wire created a precise line that they adapted to create their own designs on their wooden objects. Modern times and various influences have seen the artists techniques diversify, with each piece and its markings unique to the individual creator.
The Cooley family is an artistic mob who spent a lot of their life making spectacular wood carvings on their homeland, Ulaipa near Amata on the APY Lands of South Australia. Billy & Lulu Cooley who lived extraordinary bush lives as a stockman and nanny while closely raising their 6 children who now take on Billy’s life like carving of Wanampi (water serpent) and Lulu’s Tali- sand dune burnt etching design live throughout Amata community in S.A and Mutitjulu community in Uluru NT as directors for Maruku Arts. The Cooley family’s art & designs have been shown nationally and around the world.
Maruku Arts, incorporated in 1984, is celebrating 40 years of supporting Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people to continue traditional carving practices with wood, sourced ethically and on country. A pivotal Uluru based organisation providing a means of economic independence for all ages and ensuring the continuation of cultural practices.
This exhibition showcases how the highly skilled punu artists from Maruku have revived old traditions while carving out a new artistic practice for themselves.
Courtesy of Verity May, Manager (Anangu Malpa), Maruku Arts
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Billy CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2020Punu180 x 30.546 cm -
Billy CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2018Punu78.3 x 13.534.5 cm -
Billy CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2019Punu173 x 4.520 cm -
Billy CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2020Punu117 x 1911 cm -
Billy CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2021Punu116 x 36 cm -
Billy CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2022Punu25 x 3104 cm -
Billy CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2023Punu109.5 x 33.522.5 cm -
Billy CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2023Punu95.5 x 36.530 cm -
Billy CooleyKali 'Nampa 7' ~ 'Number 7' Boomerang, 2020Punu82.5 x 22.55 cmSold -
Billy CooleyKali ~ Boomerang, 2011Punu77.5 x 122 cm -
Billy CooleyKali ~ Boomerang, 2018Punu84.5 x 11.51.5 cm -
Billy CooleyKuturu ~ Woman'S Club, 2024Punu4 x 574 cm -
Billy CooleyTjara Walkatjara ~ Incised Shield, 2013Punu53.5 x 13.56.5 cmSold -
Billy CooleyTali ~ Desert Dunes, 2023Walka Board60 x 90 cm -
Billy CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2024Walka Board60 x 90 cm -
Catherine CooleyNgura Talitja ~ Sand Dune Country, 2023Walka Board80 x 120 cm -
David CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2018Punu127.5 x 16.534.5 cm -
David CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2020Punu48 x 4326 cmSold -
David CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2022Punu104 x 577 cm -
David CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2022Punu101 x 22.513.5 cm -
Lulu CooleyTinka ~ Sand Goanna Carving, 2022Punu83 x 1511.5 cm -
Lulu CooleyTinka ~ Sand Goanna Carving, 2019Punu59.5 x 78.5 cm -
Lulu CooleyTinka ~ Sand Goanna Carving, 2022Punu8 x 652 cm -
Lulu CooleyTinka ~ Sand Goanna Carving, 2022Punu18.5 x 6.572 cm -
Lulu CooleyTjulpu ~ Bird Carving, 2024Punu5 x 621 cm -
Lulu CooleyTjulpu ~ Bird Carving, 2024Punu10 x 926 cm -
Lulu CooleyTjulpu ~ Bird Carving, 2024Punu7 x 1028 cm -
Lulu CooleyTali ~ Desert Dunes, 2021Walka Board90 x 90 cm -
Lulu CooleyWira - Small Bowl, 2017Punu34.5 x 189.5 cm -
Lulu CooleyWira - Small Bowl, 2017Punu35 x 10.57.5 cm -
Lulu CooleyWira - Small Bowl, 2020Punu32.5 x 7.56 cm -
Lulu CooleyWira - Small Bowl, 2023Punu34.5 x 811.5 cm -
Lulu CooleyKanilpa ~ Winnowing Bowl, 2020Punu43.5 x 1710 cm -
Lulu CooleyKanilpa ~ Winnowing Bowl, 2020Punu42 x 1512 cm -
Lulu CooleyLulu Piti - Collecting Bowl, 2020Punu44.5 x 147.5 cm -
Lulu CooleyTali ~ Desert Dunes, 2019Walka Board40 x 60 cmSold -
Marlene CooleyTali ~ Desert Dunes, 2024Walka Board60 x 90 cm -
Marlene CooleyNgura Talitja ~ Sand Dune Country, 2023Walka Board90 x 90 cm -
Marlene CooleyNgura Talitja ~ Sand Dune Country, 2023Walka Board120 x 116 cm -
Marlene CooleyNgura Talitja ~ Sand Dune Country, 2023Walka Board89 x 122 cm -
Marlene CooleyTali ~ Desert Dunes, 2024Walka Board60 x 60 cm -
Marlene CooleyTali ~ Desert Dunes, 2023Walka Board90 x 90 cm -
Marlene CooleyNgura Talitja ~ Sand Dune Country, 2024Walka Board30 x 30 cm -
Marlene CooleyNgura Talitja ~ Sand Dune Country, 2024Walka Board30 x 30 cmSold -
Marlene CooleyNgura Talitja ~ Sand Dune Country, 2024Walka Board30 x 30 cmSold -
Marlene CooleyNgura Talitja ~ Sand Dune Country, 2023Walka Board60 x 60 cmSold -
Raschelle MinutjukurNgura Talitja ~ Sand Dune Country, 2024Walka Board90 x 120 cm -
Raschelle MinutjukurTali ~ Desert Dunes, 2023Walka Board90 x 90 cm
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