Nora Nungabar Manyjilyjarra, c. 1960s-2016
Kunawarritji, 2010
acrylic on canvas
76 x 121 cm
29 7/8 x 47 5/8 in
29 7/8 x 47 5/8 in
MM9677
This painting depicts country around the artist's home of Kunawarritii. Kunawarritii is also known as Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route. In ancient times, the Seven Sisters stopped here...
This painting depicts country around the artist's home of Kunawarritii. Kunawarritii is also known as Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route. In ancient times, the Seven Sisters stopped here and shaped a number of landforms before continuing on their long journey east. The artist continued to live at Kunawarritji community to look after this country and her family.
Martumili Artists was established ni late 2006 and supports Mart artists ni Kunawarritji, Punmu, Parnngurr, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine) and Parnpajinya (Newman). Many Martu artists have close relationships with established artistsamongst Yulparija, Kukatia and other Western Desert peoples and are now gaining recognition in their own right for their diverse, energetic and unmediated painting styles. Their works reflect the dramatic geography and scale of their homelands in the Great Sandy Desert and Rudall River regions of Western Australia. Martumili Artists represents speakers of Manyilyiarra, Warnman, Kartujarra, Putijarra and Martu Wangka languages, many of whom experienced first contact with Europeans ni the |960s.
The artists include painters, working in acrylics and oils, as well as weavers coiling baskets and sculptors working in wood, grass and wool. Martu artists proudly maintain their creative practices whilst pursuing social and cultural obligations across the Martu homelands.
Martumili Artists was established ni late 2006 and supports Mart artists ni Kunawarritji, Punmu, Parnngurr, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine) and Parnpajinya (Newman). Many Martu artists have close relationships with established artistsamongst Yulparija, Kukatia and other Western Desert peoples and are now gaining recognition in their own right for their diverse, energetic and unmediated painting styles. Their works reflect the dramatic geography and scale of their homelands in the Great Sandy Desert and Rudall River regions of Western Australia. Martumili Artists represents speakers of Manyilyiarra, Warnman, Kartujarra, Putijarra and Martu Wangka languages, many of whom experienced first contact with Europeans ni the |960s.
The artists include painters, working in acrylics and oils, as well as weavers coiling baskets and sculptors working in wood, grass and wool. Martu artists proudly maintain their creative practices whilst pursuing social and cultural obligations across the Martu homelands.
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