Nyarapayi Giles Ngaanyatjarra, c.1940-2019
Mrs Giles was a senior Western Desert artist whose paintings explored Country and Tjukurpa through refined colour, movement and composition.
She worked with purnu (wood carving) and enjoyed hunting in the bush right up until her passing. She learned to make baskets woven from spinifex in the 1980's and has a large basket on permanent exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery.
Her works are collected by collectors and institutions in Australia and internationally, including Araluen Arts Centre, British Museum, QAGOMA, Charles Darwin University Collection, NGV and South Australia Museum
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Nyarapayi GilesWarmurrungu, 2011acrylic on canvas80.5 x 89 cm$ 1,200.00
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Nyarapayi GilesWarmarangu, 2007acrylic on canvas76 x 50.5 cm$ 1,800.00
29 7/8 x 19 7/8 inSee more...
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Mrs Giles was a senior Western Desert artist whose paintings explored Country and Tjukurpa through refined colour, movement and composition.
Mrs N. Giles (dec.) was born in the Gibson Desert at an important cultural site called Karku. It is this site and the associated tjukurpa that inspired her powerful and unique paintings.
She spent her youth living the traditional nomadic life of her people until her family were moved from their land to settle in missions in the 1960's.
Her knowledge of the inma (ceremonies) and tjukurrpa associated with the country here is extensive.
Mrs Giles settled in Tjukurla when the community was first established in the 1980s. She worked with purnu (wood carving) and enjoyed hunting in the bush right up until her passing.
She learned to make baskets woven from spinifex in the 1980's and has a large basket on permanent exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery.
Her works explore her country and associated Tjukurrpa in an exquisite and unique expression of colour and movement.
Mrs GIles has gained recognition as a key artist amongst her peers in the Contemporary Indigenous Art movement. Her works are collected by collectors and institutions in Australia and internationally, including Araluen Arts Centre, British Museum, QAGOMA, Charles Darwin University Collection, NGV and South Australia Museum
