DOROTHY NAPANGARDI - MINA MINA
DOROTHY NAPANGARDI
SALT ON MINA MINA, 2003
122 x 198 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
REGION
Yuendumu, NT
PROVENANCE
signed and inscribed verso: Dorothy/ DOROTHY NAPANGARDI/ 7544DN
Gallery Gondwana, NT Cat No. 7544DN
Vivien Anderson Gallery, Vic
Private Collection, Vic
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, NSW, May 2007, Lot No. 77
Menzies Estate Collection, Vic
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
Accompanied by the certificate of authenticity from Gallery Gondwana
STORY
Dorothy Napangardi's paintings trace the travels of her female ancestors, the Karnta Kulangu, toward the east as they danced their way through the Mina Mina salt pans, Spinifex, and sand hills.The lines of white dots represent the salt encrustations which form patterns on the mud flats mimicking the ebb and flow of their movement through this shimmering landscape.
Dorothy Napangardi was the winner of the 18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2001 and in 2002 her solo exhibition Dancing Up Country was held at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art.
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