Titre de l'œuvre : Kunawarritji

Artiste : Nora Nganapa (1935-dec)

Format : 120 x 60 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène de Balgo - Warlayiriti Artists Aboriginal Corporation

Référence de cette peinture aborigene : 24/11

Explications de l’œuvre de l’artiste Nora Nganapa (1935) :

Nora Wompi and Nora Nganapa. These two women who shared a grandfather were connected by skin, country and circumstance and their art and lives were intrinsically entwined. Sharing a history shaped by the intrusion of the Canning Stock Route on their traditional lands and way of life, they were from the generation of Aboriginal people in the Kimberley who grew up in the desert and came to old Balgo mission with their families seeking refuge. 

Nora Nganapa’s works are highly contemplative and her deliberate application of strokes of colour in a restricted palette are applied with measured assurance. 

This artwork represents the traditional country near Kunawarritji Community (Well 33), far to the south west of Balgo along the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route. While the lineal patterns in the painting represent the tali (sand hills) that dominate this country, the circular shapes represent the scarce rockholes (waterholes) dotted throughout the desert.

© with the courtesy of the artist & the Aboriginal art centre. Photo : Aboriginal Signature

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