WENTJA NAPALTJARRI - ROCKHOLES AND COUNTRY

 WENTJA NAPALTJARRI
ROCKHOLES AND COUNTRY,  2010
122.5cm x 122cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
 
PROVENANCE
Mt Leibig, NT
Watiyawanu artists, NTPrivate collection, NSW 
 
STORY
This work depicts a Womenā€™s site near an important Rockhole, near Tjukurla. The central roundelā€™s represent the rockholes as well as a ceremonial site. The lines in the centre represent sandhills. This site is an important site for Wentjaā€™s father, Shorty Lungkata, who was a very prominent Papunya senior artist. Wentja was a finalist in the Telstra national Art Award in 2002.In contrast to her father's work, Wentja's paintings are less geometric with a softening of iconography through interlacing with intricate finely dotted patterning. This soft dotting technique is characteristic of many of the Mount Liebig women artists