Artist: Lorna Naparrula Fencer | Title: My Country | Year: 1998 | Medium: synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Dimensions: 103 x 70.5cm
PROVENANCE
Katherine Art Gallery, N.T Cat No. LF145
Artback, NT
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Accompanied by a photo of the artist with the painting.
EXHIBITED
Yulyurlu - Lorna Fencer Napurrurla, touring exhibition, 2011 - 2013
Illustrated in publication Yulyurlu - Lorna Fencer Napurrurla, page 72.
ARTWORK STORY
This painting belongs to women of the Nakamarra and Naparrula skin groups. It shows the country in flood. At this time the dry claypans fill up and overflow to become rivers and eventually water completely covers the landscape. The place is Duck Ponds. This is the artists country and the home of the water snake.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Lajamanu, NT
LANGUAGE
Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Born c. 1925, at Yarturlu Yarturlu, a Yam Dreaming site, Lorna Fencer, was the custodian of inherited land Yumurrpa situated near Chilla Well, south of the Granites Mine in the Tanami Desert. Her father’s country was Wapurtali. She spent her early years living a traditional life until, in 1949 she, along with many of her Warlpiri countrymen, were forcibly transported to the government settlement of Lajamanu at Hooker Creek, situated in the country of the Gurindji people… Continue Reading
PROVENANCE
Katherine Art Gallery, N.T Cat No. LF145
Artback, NT
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Accompanied by a photo of the artist with the painting.
EXHIBITED
Yulyurlu - Lorna Fencer Napurrurla, touring exhibition, 2011 - 2013
Illustrated in publication Yulyurlu - Lorna Fencer Napurrurla, page 72.
ARTWORK STORY
This painting belongs to women of the Nakamarra and Naparrula skin groups. It shows the country in flood. At this time the dry claypans fill up and overflow to become rivers and eventually water completely covers the landscape. The place is Duck Ponds. This is the artists country and the home of the water snake.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Lajamanu, NT
LANGUAGE
Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Born c. 1925, at Yarturlu Yarturlu, a Yam Dreaming site, Lorna Fencer, was the custodian of inherited land Yumurrpa situated near Chilla Well, south of the Granites Mine in the Tanami Desert. Her father’s country was Wapurtali. She spent her early years living a traditional life until, in 1949 she, along with many of her Warlpiri countrymen, were forcibly transported to the government settlement of Lajamanu at Hooker Creek, situated in the country of the Gurindji people… Continue Reading
