Reggie Uluru

2020, acrylic on canvas
91 x 91 cm
Cat No X2103-20

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Punu – Living Wood
Maruku Arts

Reggie Uluru is tjilpi Yankuntjatjara, a Yankuntjatjara speaking senior Aboriginal man from the Central Desert of Australia.

The Ngintaka or Perentie lizard (Varanus giganteus) is the largest lizard of Central Australia and a highly prized and important food. It is powerful Tjukurpa, celebrated in inma (ceremony, song, and dance), story telling and art work. Wati Ngintaka (Perentie Man) Tjukurpa stretches from one side of South Australia to the other, many sacred sites marking his passage from the first greedy sighting of a prized grindstone, to his death in punishment for its theft.

Coded in this Law story is intricate information about the country and its food and water sources as well as instructions for maintaining the balance and harmony of society. Paintings such as this are a contemporary way of continuing to celebrate and teach through the Tjukurpa.

– MARUKU ARTS