Hairstring, 2006

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

122 x 91 cm

$5,500

Provenance: Ikuntji Artists, Haasts Bluff, NT, Cat No. IK06EJ142 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: Re-Collected, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, May 2013 EN_TRANCE, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, February 2009
Artwork story: The artist was born in 1940 at Lupul in the Sir Frederick Ranges and travelled with her family by foot into Haasts Bluff during the 1950s. Now an important woman in the community Eunice is well known for her hunting skills, dancing and knowledge of traditional law. She began painting in her own right in 1992. Prior to that during the 1970s she assisted her husband Gideon Tjupurrula Jack who was painting at Papunya Tula. Eunice’s paintings are interpretations of her country near Lake Mackay. She uses layers of colour to build up a vision of the bush flowers and grasses. Her Hairstring works are made up of thousands of varied colour strokes, representing the hair being rolled on women’s thighs to make bags and clothing.

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b. c.1940

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

122 x 91 cm

$5,500

Provenance: Ikuntji Artists, Haasts Bluff, NT, Cat No. IK06EJ142 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: Re-Collected, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, May 2013 EN_TRANCE, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, February 2009
Artwork story: The artist was born in 1940 at Lupul in the Sir Frederick Ranges and travelled with her family by foot into Haasts Bluff during the 1950s. Now an important woman in the community Eunice is well known for her hunting skills, dancing and knowledge of traditional law. She began painting in her own right in 1992. Prior to that during the 1970s she assisted her husband Gideon Tjupurrula Jack who was painting at Papunya Tula. Eunice’s paintings are interpretations of her country near Lake Mackay. She uses layers of colour to build up a vision of the bush flowers and grasses. Her Hairstring works are made up of thousands of varied colour strokes, representing the hair being rolled on women’s thighs to make bags and clothing.