Kungka Kutjarra at Winypirri Rockhole [Two Women Dreaming at Winypirri]
Artist:
Pansy Napangardi
(Luritja/Warlpiri/Australian, born ca. 1945)
Place made:Australia
General region:Oceania
Date: 2002
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian linen
Dimensions:
49 3/16 x 33 7/8 in. (125 x 86 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of the Lam Family
Object number: 2016.14.63
Copyright: © Pansy Napangardi
Label Text
The meandering lines of this work refer to the Winpirri Rockhole. This rockhole site was the location of the Two Women Dreaming (Kungka Kutjarra), a creation narrative owned by Pansy Napangardi’s mother and maternal grandfather. This particular Dreaming involves the travels of two female ancestors, who tracked and speared a giant lizard with a digging stick, creating a water site (rockhole).
Napangardi is an important artist in the Western Desert painting movement. She began painting in the early 1970s and was one of the first women among the Papunya community, at the Papunya Tula art center, to begin painting without the accompaniment of (or training from) a male artist. In doing so, Napangardi developed a distinct style all her own.
(Exhibition label, 2017)
Napangardi is an important artist in the Western Desert painting movement. She began painting in the early 1970s and was one of the first women among the Papunya community, at the Papunya Tula art center, to begin painting without the accompaniment of (or training from) a male artist. In doing so, Napangardi developed a distinct style all her own.
(Exhibition label, 2017)
Not on view
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