Artist and Art worker Kelly Dixon and artist Keturah Zimran of Ikuntji Artists discuss the Museum project, where they have gone and viewed, identified and provided information about Luritja objects held in national and international collections. The Museum project holds mixed emotions for the artists as the artefacts have been made by their own people but are held in overseas collections.
Ikuntji artists draw their inspiration from their personal ngurra (country) and Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). They interpret the ancestral stories by using traditional symbols, icons and motifs. The artistic repertoire of Ikuntji Artists is diverse and includes for example: naive as well as highly abstract paintings told by each artist in their personal signature style. Throughout the 27 years of its existence the art movement in Ikuntji has flourished and constantly left its mark in the fine art world. At the same time the art centre has been the cultural hub of the community, maintaining, reinforcing and reinvigorating cultural practices through art-making.
Today Ikuntji Artists has eight key artists, who exhibit in Australia and internationally. They are represented in major collections across the globe..
