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Mekisha Nakamarra Brown

Mekisha Nakamarra Brown

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Lukarrara Jukurrpa (Desert Fringe-rush Seed Dreaming) by Mekisha Nakamarra Brown
30 × 30 cm prestretched
5508/19

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FLYING ANT DREAMING 🐜// by Theresa Napurrurla R FLYING ANT DREAMING 🐜// by Theresa Napurrurla Ross - 30x30cm, $135 This painting depicts the Pamapardu Jukurrpa (Flying Ant Dreaming) from Warntungurru, west of Yuendumu. ‘Pamapardu’ is the Warlpiri name for the flying ants or termites that build the large anthills found throughout Warlpiri country. This country belongs to Nakamarra/Napurrurla women and Jakamarra/Jupurrurla men. ‘Pamapardu’ are flying ants. They build earth mounds (‘mingkirri’) that are common in the Tanami area. When heavy rains come in summer the ‘mingkirri’ get flooded out, so the ‘pamapardu’ grow wings and fly off to make new homes, following their queens to dry mounds or to build a new. When they have found their new home they drop their wings. In this stage they can be collected, lightly cooked in coals and eaten. As they fall to the ground women collect them to eat because they are nice and sweet. In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites and other elements. When this Jukurrpa story is painted concentric circles are used to represent the ‘mingkirri’ and the rockholes involved in the story, including the central one at Wapurtali (Mt Singleton). Dashes are often depicted around the circles to represent the ‘pamapardu’.
SELINA NAPANGANKA FISHER 💙 // Selina was born i SELINA NAPANGANKA FISHER 💙 // Selina was born in Alice Springs Hospital, the closest hospital to Yuendumu, the town where her parents were living at the time. ⠀ ⠀ She has three sisters and two brothers. Her Mum has since passed away and her father now lives Mt Allen with “another wife”. ⠀ ⠀ Selina is the granddaughter of the late Topsy Napurrurla Fisher, an established artist with Warlukurlangu Artists. ⠀ ⠀ Selina went to the local Yuendumu School before going to Yirara College, an Aboriginal boarding college in Alice Springs, where she graduated in Year 10. When she finished school, she moved to Nyirripi, where she worked in the local store. ⠀ ⠀ She is married to Lance Turner, who works for the Community Development Employment Project (CDEP). Together they have three children.⠀ ⠀ She has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists since 2006. Selina tells that when she was little she would sit and watch her grandma paint (Topsy Napurrurla Fisher) and she would teach her many Jukurrpa stories. ⠀ ⠀ She paints her father’s Pikilyi Jukurrpa (Vaughan Springs Dreaming) and Karnta Jukurrpa (Women’s Dreaming).
DEBBIE NAPALJARRI BROWN 🤗 // Born in Nyirripi, DEBBIE NAPALJARRI BROWN 🤗 // Born in Nyirripi, a remote Aboriginal community 400 km north-west of Debbie did most of her schooling there, although she spent several years boarding at Yirrara College in Alice Springs. When she returned to Nyirripi she worked at the store as well as helping to care for old people. In 2010 Debbie moved to Yuendumu, 160 km east of Nyirripi, with her husband and son Jarvis to be closer to her husband’s family. She works for the Women’s Centre, cooking lunches for the kids at school. Debbie has been painting with Warlukurlangu since 2006. Her Grandmother, Margaret Napangardi Brown, also an artist with the art centre, taught her to paint. Her Grandfather is the renowned Pintupi artist Pegleg Tjampitjinpa who was born c.1920 and grew up in the vicinity of Wilkinkarra, living a traditional life. Debbie would watch her grandmother and grandfather paint and listen to her Grandmother’s Jukurrpa or Dreaming stories. In her paintings, Debbie paints her father’s Jukurrpa, Dreamings which relate directly to her land, its features, plants and animals. These stories were passed down to her by her Grandmother and her mother and their parents before them for millennia.
CHRIS JAPANANGKA MICHAELS 😎// Chris paints Jang CHRIS JAPANANGKA MICHAELS 😎// Chris paints Janganpa Jukurrpa (Common brush-tail possum Dreaming), a dreaming which travels all over Warlpiri country.⠀ ⠀ ‘Janganpa’ are nocturnal animals that often nest in the hollows of white gum trees (‘wapunungka’). ⠀ ⠀ This story comes from a big hill called Mawurrji, west of Yuendumu and north of Pikilyi (Vaughan Springs). A group of ‘janganpa’ ancestors resided there. Every night they would go out in search of food. Their hunting trips took them to Wirlki and Wanapirdi, where they found ‘pamapardu’ (flying ants). ⠀ ⠀ They journeyed on to Ngarlkirdipini looking for water. A Nampijinpa women was living at Mawurrji with her two daughters. She gave her daughters in marriage to a Jupurrurla ‘janganpa’ but later decided to run away with them. ⠀ ⠀ The Jupurrurla angrily pursued the woman. He tracked them to Mawurrji where he killed them with a stone axe. Their bodies are now rocks at this place. ⠀ ⠀ Warlpiri people perform a young men’s initiation ceremony, which involves the Janganpa Jukurrpa. ⠀ ⠀ The Janganpa Jukurrpa belongs to Jakamarra/Jupurrurla men and Nakamarra/Napurrurla women. ⠀ ⠀ In Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent this Jukurrpa. ‘Janganpa’ tracks are often represented as ‘E’ shaped figures and concentric circles are used to depict the trees in which the ‘janganpa’ live, and also the sites at Mawurrji. 👏
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LYNETTE NANGALA SINGLETON 💕 // Lynette was born LYNETTE NANGALA SINGLETON 💕 // Lynette was born in 1970 in Alice Springs Hospital, the closest hospital to Yuendumu. ⠀ ⠀ She grew up in Yuendumu, attended the local school after which she completed her schooling at Yarara College, an Aboriginal boarding school in Alice Springs. ⠀ ⠀ When Lynette finished school she returned to Yuendumu. She is married and although she has no children she has many nieces. ⠀ ⠀ She now lives in Nyirripi, an Aboriginal community 160 km north-west of Yuendumu. ⠀ ⠀ Lynette has been painting with Warlukurlangu since 2008, she paints her Father’s Jukurrpa stories, Dreamings which relate directly to her land, in particular a rock hole west of Lake McKay. ⠀ ⠀ These stories have been passed down by her father and her father’s father for millennia. When Lynette is not painting she enjoys hunting for goanna.
HILDA’S DEBUT SOLO EXHIBITION 🙌 //Hilda’s l HILDA’S DEBUT SOLO EXHIBITION 🙌 //Hilda’s lacelike depiction of Lukarrara Jukurrpa – desert fringe rush seed dreaming – is unique. ⠀ ⠀ Hilda maps her knowledge of the location and the structure of these grasses or sedges (Fimbristylis oxystachya & Fimbristylis eremophila) that have an edible seed. ⠀ ⠀ The seeds are collected and ground to make a flour that can be used to make pancakes – great bush tucker. 🤤 ⠀ ⠀ Head over to @art_mob_hobart to admire the 11 exclusive pieces 💕
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