Wild orange ceremony,
2023
Lizzie Pwerle
Painting : acrylic
120 x 150 cm 47.2 x 59.1 inch
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120 x 150 cm 47.2 x 59.1 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork location: Australia
Akarley (Northern Wild Orange)
Lizzie Moss Pwerle depicts the story of her dreaming – the wild orange which grows on Atnwengerrp. The wild orange is an Australian native plant found in dry inland areas of Australia and its scientific name is Capparis mitchellii.
The small slender tree of this wild orange plant grows about 3½ m high with dark bark and weeping foliage. The wild oranges hang down on long stalks, turning yellow or red when ripe. It is soft inside and is often compared to the flavour of custard apple. The fruit is consumed raw with the tough outer skin discarded or laid out to dry to consumed during months when bush tucker is scarce.
Lizzie Pwerle illustrates her stories of the wild orange dreaming with myriads of fine dots in linear designs. These represent the fruit and the songlines associated with this important food source. She and the Pwerle sisters share this story with younger generations of women and girls. The women’s ceremonies ensure the health and well-being of this plant, both spiritually and physically.
The physical creation of this Dreaming is an important part of the bush tucker ceremonies conducted by the Utopia women. Her paintings ensure the continuation of an ancient and rich cultural heritage while identifying Lizzie’s connection to her country.
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Lizzie Moss Pwerle depicts the story of her dreaming – the wild orange which grows on Atnwengerrp. The wild orange is an Australian native plant found in dry inland areas of Australia and its scientific name is Capparis mitchellii.
The small slender tree of this wild orange plant grows about 3½ m high with dark bark and weeping foliage. The wild oranges hang down on long stalks, turning yellow or red when ripe. It is soft inside and is often compared to the flavour of custard apple. The fruit is consumed raw with the tough outer skin discarded or laid out to dry to consumed during months when bush tucker is scarce.
Lizzie Pwerle illustrates her stories of the wild orange dreaming with myriads of fine dots in linear designs. These represent the fruit and the songlines associated with this important food source. She and the Pwerle sisters share this story with younger generations of women and girls. The women’s ceremonies ensure the health and well-being of this plant, both spiritually and physically.
The physical creation of this Dreaming is an important part of the bush tucker ceremonies conducted by the Utopia women. Her paintings ensure the continuation of an ancient and rich cultural heritage while identifying Lizzie’s connection to her country.
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Lizzie Pwerle Moss born in the 1940s is an Alyawarre woman from Atnwengerrp, in the Utopia region of Central Australia, north east of Alice Springs. Lizzie is a first cousin to the late Minnie Pwerle. She lives there with her large extended family including her cousins the other Pwerle sisters – Molly, Emily and Gayla.
Lizzie Pwerle began her artistic career in the eighties with the batik program at Utopia. She was involved in the 'Utopia: A Picture Story' exhibition, a collection of 88 silk batiks that is now part of the Holmes 'a Court Collection. Like many of the women involved in that project Lizzie then began experimenting with paint on canvas and is still working in this medium today.
Lizzie uses series of intricate dots in linear arrangements depicting the songlines and topography of her country predominated by the Wild Orange – atwakeye.
Exhibitions:
2022: Brush with Art Festival Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, Flinders Ranges South Australia
2019: Summer Show and Art Parade, Slat, Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia
2016-19: Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2009: Utopia and Papunya Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Bay Gallery, London
2009: Gallery Savah, Sydney, Australia
2009: Utopia, colours of the Desert, Gongpyeong Art Space in collaboration with Dacou, Australian Embassy in Korea and Crossbay Gallery, Seoul
2008: Utopia Discoveries, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2007: Standing on Ceremony, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, Australia
1990: Utopia – A picture story, an exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes A Court Collection by Utopia artists which toured Ireland and Scotland
1989-91 Utopia – a picture story, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, Australia
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