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This painting explained
Jimmy Baker was born at Malumpa rockhole near Kanpi c.1915.
Jimmy has three children Anton, Kay and Marita, who are artists themselves and paint for the Tjunga Palya artists cooperative based in the community of Nyapari located in the northern regions of South Australia
Jimmy began painting with Tjunga Palya artists in 2004. Jimmy works where featured alongside Maringka baker in the National Indigenous Art Triennial `07: Culture Warriors Triennial Exhibition at the National Gallery in Canberra. Where his works gained enormous attention
Jimmy’s major dreaming and the one that he paints on most occasions is that of the Kalaya (Emu Dreaming) he also paints the Warlpa ( wind Dreaming ), Kamparrada ( bush Tomato/raisin ) and Illie ( wild Fig ). These dreaming’s are often blended together representing various sites of importance near his home communities of Nyapari and Kanpi
Jimmy is a respected elder and holder of traditional and custodial law and is known to be a Ngkari ( traditional healer ).
Like European art, Aboriginal art represents and symbolises the world and the beliefs of people. Traditional Aboriginal art represent the Dreaming but is often also a vital part of ceremonies.
The concept of art in traditional Aboriginal society is very different to the concept of art in European society. In traditional Aboriginal societies, activities like dancing, singing, body decorations, sand drawings, making implements or weaving baskets were not considered to be separate activities called art and design. All of these activities were a part of the Dreaming and a part of normal daily life.
Aboriginal people traditionally used the materials available to them to symbolise the Dreaming and their world. As a result, art forms varied in different areas of Australia. In the central desert, ground drawing was a very important style of art and throughout Australia rock art as well as body painting and decoration were common although varying in styles, method, materials and meaning. There is and was a wide range of traditional Aboriginal art forms.
Communities today throughout Australia such as ours still produce traditional art, which has traditional content and meaning
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