MITJILI NAPANANGKA GIBSON - TWO GIRLS AT MURRUWA
MITJILI NAPANANGKA GIBSON
TWO GIRLS AT MURRUWA, 2006
76.5 x 76 cm
acrylic on Belgian linen
REGION
Wirnparrku and Yumari
PROVENANCE
Gallery Gondwana, NT Cat No. 9471MN
Private Collection, NSW
STORY
Inspired by her niece, Dorothy Napangardi, Mitjili Napanangka Gibson began painting on canvas in 2006. They shared many Dreaming stories, in particular those associated with Mina Mina, a sacred site for the Napanangka and Napangardi skin groups on Warlpiri land.
Fluent in both Pintupi and Warlpiri, Mitjili could trace her heritage to members of the Pintupi whose first contact with white people was a meeting with the explorer Donald Thompson in 1957. While most Pintupi moved north towards Balgo or east towards Papunya, Mitjili Napanangka Gibson’s small family group moved to the Warlpiri community of Yuendumu.
In this painting, Mitjili has depicted part of a long narrative Dreaming story about two young girls. Their tracks are shown as they walk between sites around the Murruwa area where they sat down.
EXHIBITED
Pages From the Atlas , April 2022, Cooee Art Redfern
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