Betty Kuntiwa Pumani: Antara Exposed Spine Sketchbook

Betty Kuntiwa Pumani: maḻatja-maḻatja (those who come after) was the artist’s inaugural museum survey, at Bundanon, encompassing key loans from public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, and early works drawn from the Mimili Maku Arts Cultural Collection which are shown publicly for the first time. 

Curated by Bundanon CEO Rachel Kent in collaboration with the artist and Mimili Maku Arts, the exhibition introduced a major new commission ‘Antara’ (2025) created especially for Bundanon. 

Maḻatja-maḻatja is a Pitjantjatjara term meaning ‘those who come after,’ carrying the understanding that all we do now already belongs to future generations – a thread connecting ancestral past to distant future through ongoing care for Country, culture, and story. 

Designed exclusively for the exhibition, this exposed spine sketchbook features: Betty Kuntiwa Pumani Antara 2025 (detail) synthetic polymer paint on linen (triptych), courtesy of the Artist, Mimili Maku Arts and Bundanon © Betty Kuntiwa Pumani/Copyright Agency, 2025 

Hard cover 

180 x 130mm 

Unique exposed spine with stitching 

128 blank pages 

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