Umari
Artist:
Yuyuya Nampitjinpa
(Pintupi / Australian, born ca. 1946)
Place made:Australia
General region:Oceania
Date: May 2005
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:
47 x 47 in. (119.4 x 119.4 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of the Lam Family
Object number: 2016.14.71
Copyright: © Yuyuya Nampitjinpa
Label Text
The motif of irregular concentric circles, seen here, is common in Yuyuya Nampitjinpa’s work and relates to the rockhole site of Umari, an important ceremonial ground. Umari is noted for its unusual X-shaped rockhole, which the ancestral man Yina made when he laid down. The name “Umari” comes from the Pintupi word yumarinya, meaning “mother-in-law place,” and serves to remind the generations to abide by the kinship system, which Yina and his mother-in-law violated and, subsequently, were put to death.
Nampitjinpa comes from a family of well-known Papunya Tula artists. Her uncle Uta Uta Tjangala (Pintupi, ca. 1926–1990) was one of the art center’s founding members and frequently painted the Umari rockhole site.
(Exhibition label, 2017)
Nampitjinpa comes from a family of well-known Papunya Tula artists. Her uncle Uta Uta Tjangala (Pintupi, ca. 1926–1990) was one of the art center’s founding members and frequently painted the Umari rockhole site.
(Exhibition label, 2017)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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