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Large contemporary dot painting in white, blue, dark red and orange showing fluid lines and big circles representing the rock waterholes of Antara. “This work is a collaboration between Betty Kuntiwa Pumani and her daughter Marina Pumani Brown. Interweaving their distinctive styles, the two women create a conversation on the canvas, retelling the storyline of Antara, a site cared for by their ancestors since time immemorial. ‘I am glad to be able to pass this story down to the younger generation, showing them everything that needs to be known. Painting this work with my daughter Marina made me proud of everything she has learned from us old people.’ Betty Kuntiwa Pumani, 2021”

“Sweet lovers 1990” is a panel of cut up pieces of road signs, black capitals on reflective yellow, many pieces scratched, to make the words LOVERS LOVED LOVER SWEET.

“Wish you were here 2009” by Fatima Killeen is a large collage of repeated pieces in warm earth tones, reds and orange mixing Arabic font language and the distinctive shape of Uluṟu.