Artist: Walangkura Napanangka | Title: Kutungka Napanangka at Papunga | Year: 2005 | Medium: Synthetic polymer on Belgian linen | Dimensions: 90 x 60
PROVENANCE
Mason Gallery Cat No. WN0558
ARTWORK STORY
The lines through this painting represent the sand-dune and water soakage areas through which an old woman, Kutungka Napanangka, travelled during her journey from the west. She then travelled further east through Ngatanga, Papunga and Yananga to Muruntji, southwest of Mount Liebig. This old woman is said to be a bit of a “devil devil” as she kills and eats people.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Kintore, Western Desert, NT
LANGUAGE
Pintupi
BIOGRAPHY
As one of the last generation to remember a childhood lived in the desert hunting and gathering with her family, Walangkura Napanangka’s paintings recall the stories of country and the location of specific sites in her traditional homeland west of the salt lake of Karrkurutinjinya (Lake Macdonald)… Continue Reading
PROVENANCE
Mason Gallery Cat No. WN0558
ARTWORK STORY
The lines through this painting represent the sand-dune and water soakage areas through which an old woman, Kutungka Napanangka, travelled during her journey from the west. She then travelled further east through Ngatanga, Papunga and Yananga to Muruntji, southwest of Mount Liebig. This old woman is said to be a bit of a “devil devil” as she kills and eats people.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Kintore, Western Desert, NT
LANGUAGE
Pintupi
BIOGRAPHY
As one of the last generation to remember a childhood lived in the desert hunting and gathering with her family, Walangkura Napanangka’s paintings recall the stories of country and the location of specific sites in her traditional homeland west of the salt lake of Karrkurutinjinya (Lake Macdonald)… Continue Reading
