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Untitledby Walangkura NapanangkaWalangkura Napanangka representations of lands around Kintore and their related stories are outstanding examples of a dense women's style which brought an entirely new tactile sensibility to the movement from the mid 1990s. This work created in 2007 depicts rock holes and cave site of Tjintjintjin, just to the west of Kintore in Western Australia. The shapes in this painting illustrate the areas geographical features through which an old woman passed during her travels from Malparingya to Kaltarra during the creation time. This painting is in the important tradition of map-making in desert painting, where major geographical features which mark important episodes in this chronicle are emphatically marked throughout Napanangka's compressed mind map. |
ArtistWalangkura Napanangka was born C1940 in the bush at Tjiturulnga, west of Walungurru (Kintore) in the Gibson Desert, near the Western Australia/ Northern Territory border. Her family were amongst a group of Pintupi people who made their way to the Ikuntji settlement (Haasts Bluff) in 1956. They walked hundreds of kilometres from west of the salt lake of Karrkurutinjinya (Lake Macdonald) to access the supplies of food and water on offer at the settlement. The family returned to their homelands community of Walungurru in 1981. Walangkura lives with her husband, artist, Johnny Yungut Tjupurrula at Kintore. Her mother, Inyuwa Nampitjinpa and sister, Pirrmangka Napanangka, both deceased were also painters. Her father was Tutuma Tjapangati. Walangkura began her painting career through participating in the historic Kintore-Haasts Bluff collaborative canvas project 'Minyma Tjukurrpa' in 1995. Her bold, strong and vibrant paintings recreate the creation stories and ceremonial sites associated with the Tjukurrpa of her Pintupi homelands. Sabine Haider from Central Art says " its very sad and heart felt that Walangkura Napanangka has lost her sight and has not been able to paint any more." Artist has Passed Away1940-2014 Out of respect for Aboriginal culture Central Art has removed the artist's photograph. |
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