Artist: Judy Martin Napangardi | Title: Bush Yam Dreaming | Year: - | Medium: synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Dimensions: 96 x 183 cm
PROVENANCE
The Jacquie McPhee Collection
ARTWORK STORY
The bush potato is a major food source and a very important Dreaming for the Warlpiri people. Songs that recount the journeys of the Bush potato Ancestors are central to women’s ceremonial performances. The painting’s lines depict the intricate root system and branches of the bush potato plant. When the plant flowers, it signals to the women that the potatoes are ready for harvest, and they gather them in coolamons.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Lajamanu, NT
LANGUAGE
Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Judy Napangardi Martin, born around 1940 in Warlpiri country near Yuendumu, is the eldest daughter of painter Lorna Fencer Napurrula and half-sister to Judy Napangardi Watson. She began painting in the 1980s in the Lajamanu Community, Northern Territory. Her work centres around Women's Ceremonies and Yam Dreaming stories, particularly from Mina Mina and Yurmurrpa, her mother's Dreaming site.
PROVENANCE
The Jacquie McPhee Collection
ARTWORK STORY
The bush potato is a major food source and a very important Dreaming for the Warlpiri people. Songs that recount the journeys of the Bush potato Ancestors are central to women’s ceremonial performances. The painting’s lines depict the intricate root system and branches of the bush potato plant. When the plant flowers, it signals to the women that the potatoes are ready for harvest, and they gather them in coolamons.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Lajamanu, NT
LANGUAGE
Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Judy Napangardi Martin, born around 1940 in Warlpiri country near Yuendumu, is the eldest daughter of painter Lorna Fencer Napurrula and half-sister to Judy Napangardi Watson. She began painting in the 1980s in the Lajamanu Community, Northern Territory. Her work centres around Women's Ceremonies and Yam Dreaming stories, particularly from Mina Mina and Yurmurrpa, her mother's Dreaming site.
