Artist: Mitjili Napanangka Gibson | Title: Marruwa | Year: 2006 | Medium: acrylic on linen | Dimensions: 91 x 91 cm
PROVENANCE
Gallery Gondwana, NT Cat No. 9439MN.
Private Collection NSW
Private Collection NSW
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), First Nations Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 12/11/2024, Lot No. 50
Accompanied by a certificate of Authenticity from Gallery Gondwana.
EXHIBITED
Beyond Time, Booker-Lowe Gallery, Houston USA, August 2019
ARTWORK STORY
Mitjili began painting on canvas inspired by her niece, Dorothy Napangardi, in 2006, the year the work was created.
In this painting, Mitjili has depicted a part of a long narrative Dreaming story about two young girls. Their tracks are shown as they walk between sites around the Murruwa area where they sat down.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Kintore (Walungurru), NT
LANGUAGE
Pintupi/ Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Mitjili Napanangka Gibson was a respected Pintupi artist from the Western Desert region. Fluent in both Pintupi and Warlpiri, Mitjili could trace her heritage to members of the Pintupi whose first contact with white people was a meeting with the explorer Donald Thompson in 1957. While most Pintupi moved north towards Balgo or east towards Papunya, Mitjili Napanangka Gibson’s small family group moved to the Warlpiri community of Yuendumu.
Mitjili was the niece of the highly acclaimed artists, Dorothy Napangardi and Judy Watson Napangardi. They shared many Dreaming stories, in particular those associated with Mina Mina, a sacred site for the Napanangka and Napangardi skin groups on Warlpiri land. Mitjili often painted using a blend of vibrant colours and earthy tones to convey the textures and stories of her ancestral lands.
REFERENCES
Mitjili Napanangka Gibson, Kate Owen Gallery
Cooee Art Leven
PROVENANCE
Gallery Gondwana, NT Cat No. 9439MN.
Private Collection NSW
Private Collection NSW
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), First Nations Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 12/11/2024, Lot No. 50
Accompanied by a certificate of Authenticity from Gallery Gondwana.
EXHIBITED
Beyond Time, Booker-Lowe Gallery, Houston USA, August 2019
ARTWORK STORY
Mitjili began painting on canvas inspired by her niece, Dorothy Napangardi, in 2006, the year the work was created.
In this painting, Mitjili has depicted a part of a long narrative Dreaming story about two young girls. Their tracks are shown as they walk between sites around the Murruwa area where they sat down.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Kintore (Walungurru), NT
LANGUAGE
Pintupi/ Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Mitjili Napanangka Gibson was a respected Pintupi artist from the Western Desert region. Fluent in both Pintupi and Warlpiri, Mitjili could trace her heritage to members of the Pintupi whose first contact with white people was a meeting with the explorer Donald Thompson in 1957. While most Pintupi moved north towards Balgo or east towards Papunya, Mitjili Napanangka Gibson’s small family group moved to the Warlpiri community of Yuendumu.
Mitjili was the niece of the highly acclaimed artists, Dorothy Napangardi and Judy Watson Napangardi. They shared many Dreaming stories, in particular those associated with Mina Mina, a sacred site for the Napanangka and Napangardi skin groups on Warlpiri land. Mitjili often painted using a blend of vibrant colours and earthy tones to convey the textures and stories of her ancestral lands.
REFERENCES
Mitjili Napanangka Gibson, Kate Owen Gallery
Cooee Art Leven
