Makinti Napanangka artist feature opens today

26.09.08 | by Sabine Haider

Central Art's Makinti Napanangka artist feature opens today. Central Art is honoured to present this collection by the Pintupi artist Makinti Napanangka in recognition of...

Central Art's Makinti Napanangka artist feature opens today.

Central Art is honoured to present this collection by the Pintupi artist Makinti Napanangka in recognition of her exceptional body of work and to celebrate the public recognition of her as one of the all time great artists in Australia and possibly one of the greatest living artists in Australia today.

I met Makinti ten years ago. I was overwhelmed by the complexity and subtlety of her paintings and through an interpreter she told me the story of the Hair String ceremony, says Sabine Haider, Director of Aboriginal Art Store. 'I find her body of work intensely feminine'.

In August 2008, Makinti Napanangka was awarded Australia's richest indigenous art prize the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. She was selected from over 300 entries and had been a finalist for this award eight times previously. This award follows the recognition Makinti received in 2003 when the 'Australian Art Collector' magazine listed her as one of the 50 most collectable artists in Australia today - indigenous and non indigenous.