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'.

This painting is associated with the rock hole site (red) of Lupulnga, a Peewee Dreaming place, south of Kintore. The linear design represents body paint and spun hair-string, which is used for making hair-belts worn during the Womens ceremonies.

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(Photo: Lupulgna by Makinti Napanangka © 2008 Central Art)