NYURAPAYIA (MRS BENNETT) NAMPITJINPA - UNTITLED

 NYURAPAYIA (MRS BENNETT) NAMPITJINPA
UNTITLED,  2011
183 x 244 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
 
PROVENANCE
Western Desert, NT
Yanda Art, NTPrivate Collection, QLDCooee Art Gallery, NSW 
 
STORY
This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhold site of Yumarra, east of Punkilpirri, which is north-west of Docker River in the Walter James Range. The artist has shown the country through which a group of women passed during their travels from Yumarra to Punkilpirri and then north to Tjukula and Talili. Also shown is a large venomous snake which travelled from one home to another and is about to bite an old lady. During their travels the women gathered mangata (quandong) and kampurarrpa (desert raisin).
 
EXHIBITED
Illustrated in 'The Art of Nyurapayia Nampitjimpa (Mrs Bennett)' Cooee Art Gallery at Australian Galleries, April 2016, Australian Galleries Sydney