TitleKata Tjuta
Artist
Claire Van Vliet
(b. 1933)
Date1993
MediumLithographs on white wove paper
DimensionsSheet size (Sheet A): 24 13/16 × 35 1/2 in.
Other (Backing board, Sheet A): 26 × 37 in.
Sheet size (Sheet B): 24 13/16 × 36 in.
Other (Backing board, Sheet B): 26 × 37 in.
SignedRECTO, Sheet B: Signed in graphite at bottom right: "14/20 Claire Van Vliet".
VERSO, Sheet A: In graphite at BRC: "KATA Tjuta".
VERSO, Sheet B: In graphite at BR: "KATA 14/20".
MarkingsRECTO, sheet A: Blindstamp at BRC: "APW" in rectangle
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, 1996
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1996.20a, b
Label TextClare Van Vliet began to explore the theme of rock formations in 1981, and has visited unique geological rock formations in New Zealand, Australia and the northern coast of Ireland. Kata Tjuta is the name of a rock dome located in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in central Australia. The park was the first "cultural landscape" to be inscribed on the World Heritage List as a place representing the interaction between people and the natural environment. Kata Tjuta is a part of the traditional belief system called Tjukurpa of the Anangu Aboriginal people, one of the oldest human societies in the world. Tjukurpa, sometimes inaccurately translated as "Dreamtime" dictates the way in which the Anangu structure their society and look after each other and the land.
