Karntakurlangu Jukurrpa (Belonging to women)
2000
- Medium
- synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Measurements
- 130.0 × 239.5 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Alice Springs, Northern Territory
- Accession Number
- 2001.50
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Asle Chilton Bequest, 2001
© Dorothy Napangardi/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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- Not on display
- About this work
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Through a dense field of white dots, set against a black background, Dorothy Napangardi has created a kaleidoscopic sea that both gathers and dissolves across the canvas. The subject matter, Karntakurlangu, is one of the most extensive and significant women’s Dreamings belonging to Warlpiri people. Napangardi’s work shows the ceremonial site of origin for Minamina, the artist’s custodial Country that is located in the Tanami Desert, north of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory.