BAI BAI NAPANGARTI - PILPIYKA
BAI BAI NAPANGARTI
PILPIYKA, 2004
151 x 75.5 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
REGION
Balgo Hills, WA
PROVENANCE
Warlayirti Artists Cat No. 81/04
Private Collection, NSW
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
STORY
Bai Bai has painted some of her traditional country, which is located in The Great Sandy Desert, south of Balgo.
Bai Bai is a senior law woman of Balgo. Her country extends from Mangkayi in the Stansmore Bai Bai is a senior law woman of Balgo. Her country extends from Mangkayi in the Stansmore Ranges to just south of Yagga Yagga. Bai Bai has travelled extensively for cultural reasons, and in 1989 she danced at the Shinju Matsuri Festival in Perth. She spent her youth and early adult years travelling through her family’s land learning traditional law and culture.
She began to paint in 1986 in Balgo, and since then has introduced younger members of her family to painting. She has been involved in several publications including Yarrtji: Six women’s stories from the Great Sandy Desert, 1997, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s History Awards in 1998. Bai Bai is a long serving member of the Kimberley Land Council and a strong practitioner of women’s law and culture in Balgo. Bai Bai was married to artist Sunfly Tjampitjin (now deceased).
(Balgo Art)
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