Artist: Jimmy Nerrimah | Title: Tapping Sticks | Year: 2003 | Medium: synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Dimensions: 79 x 60 cm
PROVENANCE
Mangkaja Arts, WA Cat No. PC102/03
Cooee Art Gallery, NSW
ARTWORK STORY
The Jila (living water) is in the centre with jilji (sand dunes) all around. Above is the pirnti (claypan) where we camped and below is a billabong nearby.
“I been all through this country walking around on foot as a young fella, I been gone to Yirloparri Jila and Mirrunmirrun soakwater”
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Wili (Great Sandy Desert)
LANGUAGE
Walmajarri
BIOGRAPHY
Jimmy Nerrimah, also known as Mawukura, was a distinguished Aboriginal artist from the Walmajarri group. Born around the mid-1920s, Nerrimah began painting relatively late in life, starting in the early 1990s. His art was heavily influenced by his intimate knowledge of his land and its waterholes, a theme prominently featured in his work.
PROVENANCE
Mangkaja Arts, WA Cat No. PC102/03
Cooee Art Gallery, NSW
ARTWORK STORY
The Jila (living water) is in the centre with jilji (sand dunes) all around. Above is the pirnti (claypan) where we camped and below is a billabong nearby.
“I been all through this country walking around on foot as a young fella, I been gone to Yirloparri Jila and Mirrunmirrun soakwater”
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Wili (Great Sandy Desert)
LANGUAGE
Walmajarri
BIOGRAPHY
Jimmy Nerrimah, also known as Mawukura, was a distinguished Aboriginal artist from the Walmajarri group. Born around the mid-1920s, Nerrimah began painting relatively late in life, starting in the early 1990s. His art was heavily influenced by his intimate knowledge of his land and its waterholes, a theme prominently featured in his work.
