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Swamp Near Nyrripiby Ngoia PollardIllustrating iconography the painting represents the swamps and lakes (depicted as oval shapes) situated nearNyrripi (north west of Mount Liebig) in Central Australia. Warlpiri people from this area feel the spiritual presence of the water snake, which lives beneath the surface. Ngoia Pollard has specific custodianship responsibilities over this country. |
ArtistNgoia Pollard was born circa 1948 in Haasts Bluff in central Australia, west of Alice Springs. Ngoia Pollard began her contemporary artistic career by assisting her husband, who painted with Papunya Tula artists for several years prior to his death. In 1997, Ngoia Pollard began painting independently, and in 2004 won the first prize in a central Australian painting competition supported by the region's local newspaper, the Centralian Advocate. In 2006, Ngoia Pollard won the painting prize in the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, with her work 'Swamps west of Nyirripi'. Many of Ngoia's works relate to the region of Yamunturrngu (Mount Liebig), in the country to the west of Haasts Bluff; this is her father's country: ...infused with the spiritual power of the narrative of the water-snake. This snake lives in the swamps and lakes near Nyrippi (Talarada), unoccupied 'dangerous territory' north west of Mt. Liebig. The transcendental calm of her paintings, with their drifts of monochrome clouds of dots, belie the danger of the land and its creatures that they depict. Her works are often characterised by the use of oval shapes representing swamps and lakes. Her palette is usually black and white, though red may be used to highlight oval forms. Other themes in her work include the sand hills of the desert country. |
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