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About the Artists
Our vibrant and dynamic artists are from the Utopia region; a large remote area of Central Australia which, until recently, had no government funded art centre. As a result of their pioneering efforts, they have one of the strongest and richest art histories.
Atham-areny Story
Atham-aren Story
Alhalpere Country
Atham-areny paintings depict a practice that falls into the supernatural realm of bush medicine.
Atham-areny comes from the Anmatyerre words atham (meaning no fire) and areny (meaning belonging to).
“Akely-amperl arrkay-renem atham-areny-rnem. Ahernel anewaneyel akely-akely”
The atham-areny are very little spirits of the country. They are colourless and live in the ground [or places] where the fire does not belong.
Women are called upon by a nangara (traditional doctor or healer) to sing and dance together to help heal someone touched by an Atham-areny spirit. Other ancestor spirits, ones that watch over the land and protect the people, are invoked during the process to assist.
