Wakulyarri Jukurrpa - Rock Wallaby, 1989

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

121.5 x 91 cm

$8,000

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Provenance: Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu, NT, Cat No. 344/89 Private Collection NSW
Exhibited: Masterworks from the Lawson~Menzies Collection, Manly Art Gallery, Tweed Regional Gallery and additional venues, works, 2005 – 2008
Artwork story: In 1983, Paddy Nelson Tjupurrula and five other elders painted the school doors in the tiny Warlpiri settlement of Yuendumu. This project marked the beginning of the painting movement in that region, just as the Honey Ant Mural had done a decade earlier in Papunya. The creation of these images also marked the beginning of an art career that saw Paddy Nelson rise to prominence as the most celebrated of the founders of the Warlpiri art movement. Along with the images that he painted on the doors, Paddy’s early paintings were characterised by fluid, bold brushstrokes depicting variations of classic Warlpiri iconography, with its far more eccentric compositional placement than those in the more formal Pintupi style. The large collaborative canvas, Star Dreaming, on which Nelson and the original group of elders collaborated two years after painting the doors, hangs in the National Gallery of Australia. It helped launch the careers of the founding Yuendumu artists. Nelson's works, typically featuring circles, meandering lines, and animal tracks are infused with a vibrant energy generated from within the background of dotted areas and outlines. From his participation in the creation of a large traditional ground painting for the ‘Magicians de la Terre’ exhibition in Paris in the mid 1980s to the posthumous presentation of his work in Colour Power 2004 at the National Gallery of Victoria, Paddy Nelson’s art has appeared in major exhibitions and toured internationally for more than two decades.

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Paddy Nelson Tjupurrurla

1919 – 1999

Region: Central Desert & Tanami
Community: Yuendumu
Language group: Warlpiri

Wakulyarri Jukurrpa - Rock Wallaby, 1989

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

121.5 x 91 cm

$8,000

Secure payment via Stripe. Prices in AUD.

Provenance: Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu, NT, Cat No. 344/89 Private Collection NSW
Exhibited: Masterworks from the Lawson~Menzies Collection, Manly Art Gallery, Tweed Regional Gallery and additional venues, works, 2005 – 2008
Artwork story: In 1983, Paddy Nelson Tjupurrula and five other elders painted the school doors in the tiny Warlpiri settlement of Yuendumu. This project marked the beginning of the painting movement in that region, just as the Honey Ant Mural had done a decade earlier in Papunya. The creation of these images also marked the beginning of an art career that saw Paddy Nelson rise to prominence as the most celebrated of the founders of the Warlpiri art movement. Along with the images that he painted on the doors, Paddy’s early paintings were characterised by fluid, bold brushstrokes depicting variations of classic Warlpiri iconography, with its far more eccentric compositional placement than those in the more formal Pintupi style. The large collaborative canvas, Star Dreaming, on which Nelson and the original group of elders collaborated two years after painting the doors, hangs in the National Gallery of Australia. It helped launch the careers of the founding Yuendumu artists. Nelson's works, typically featuring circles, meandering lines, and animal tracks are infused with a vibrant energy generated from within the background of dotted areas and outlines. From his participation in the creation of a large traditional ground painting for the ‘Magicians de la Terre’ exhibition in Paris in the mid 1980s to the posthumous presentation of his work in Colour Power 2004 at the National Gallery of Victoria, Paddy Nelson’s art has appeared in major exhibitions and toured internationally for more than two decades.