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The Summer Show 2023 | Grand Design : Contemporary Aboriginal art of high quality and large scale

Past exhibition
27 December 2022 - 7 February 2023
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Nancy Noonju, Ngarbel Ngarbel, 2005

Nancy Noonju Walmajarri, b. c.1940

Ngarbel Ngarbel, 2005
Kimberley ochres on canvas
60 x 120 cm
23 5/8 x 47 1/4 in
MM6091
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Nancy Noonju was born c. 1940 on the northern edge of the Great Sandy Desert in Northern Western Australia and spent much of her childhood and working life on Cherrabun...
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Nancy Noonju was born c. 1940 on the northern edge of the Great Sandy Desert in Northern Western Australia and spent much of her childhood and working life on Cherrabun Station working as a camp cook and station cook. 

Her Aboriginal Dreaming is Ngarbel Ngarbel - the wind blowing on water. During the wet season in the Kimberley region monsoonal rains are often accompanied by cyclonic winds, the many waterholes and streams are filled with water. In this painting the artist has depicted the water surface on the streams and waterholes on Cherrabun Station being blown into waves - Ngarbel Ngarbel. The artist paints this occurrence extensively using different coloured lines and dots to create patterns that give the work interesting depth. Nancy Noonju was particular about collecting her own ochre from specific sites, crushing them manually and mixing them into paint using a binder. She was especially fond of a soft pink from one of these sites, and which became her signature colour.

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