Wild apple orchard
2008
- Medium
- earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)
- Measurements
- 173.9 × 69.7 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Yirrkala, Northern Territory
- Accession Number
- 2010.521
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Lou and Mary Senini, 2010
© Estate of Ms N. Yunupiŋu, courtesy of Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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When Nyapanyapa Yunupingu was a young woman, she was gored by a buffalo in a wild apple orchard and traces of this terrifying experience can still be felt through her work. Early paintings such as this one show her figurative use of circles to represent apples. More recent works by the artist show how those same circles have morphed into abstract shapes and meditations on rhythm and tone.