Yulpu
2012
- Medium
- synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Measurements
- 295.3 × 125.0 cm irreg.
- Place/s of Execution
- Kunawarritji, Western Australia
- Inscription
- inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.l.: Pinyirr (Nancy Patterson) KaAa KaAa
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.l.: PINYIRR (NAN PATTERSON) MARTUMILI ARTISTS 12–46 MTU 01
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.l.: 300 x 125 ACRYLIC ON LINEN
inscribed (inverted) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.l.: MTU 01 - Accession Number
- 2012.334
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Indigenous Art, 2012
© Pinyirrpa Nancy Patterson. Martumili Artists
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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This work is strong in cultural memory of Country where the artist grew up during the pujiman days of living nomadically, as she explains:
Yulpu is my mother and father’s Country; it’s warla [salt lake] Country. There is big kapi [water] here: it is spring water. The jila [snakes] here are quiet, we don’t need to sing out as we approach their home. I paint this to tell the story. When I paint, it takes me back to my ngurra [home]: I can take everyone to my Country when I paint.
