Women's Business - Shift Dress - Copper on Petrol (Silk)

Women's Business - Shift Dress - Copper on Petrol (Silk)This shift dress by Mavis Marks depicts the Women's Business Story the ceremonial dancing of the women at Watiyawanu (Mt Liebig) and their body painting designs. Mavis was born in 1945 at New Haven and moved to Ikuntji as a teenager. She began painting at Watiyawanu after her marriage, returning to Ikuntji after the death of her husband. Her designs have walked international fashion weeks. A 1960s inspired shift dress in a flattering A line

made by your hands

She paints the sandhills surrounding this country

This fabric features Daphne Marks' 'Yalka at Karrkurutinytja' design — Bush onion dreaming at Lake Macdonald

The white pigment eddies around abstract forms that refer to the spearwood trees

This wrap dress by Mitjili Napurrula depicts the Watiya Tjuta - the acacia trees of Uwalkari country in the Gibson Desert - used to make kulata (ceremonial spears)

Kelly was born in 1970 at Lambara outstation west of Papunya and grew up at Haasts Bluff

falling below the knee

From the top of the tali tali

which he has painted throughout his career

Pam painted the men's ceremonial design associated with the Dog Dreaming - the diamond shape painted onto the men's bodies during ceremony

I like to paint

That next morning I was born