Yulpu
2012
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Measurements
295.3 × 125.0 cm irreg.
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Indigenous Art, 2012
© Pinyirrpa Nancy Patterson. Martumili Artists
Gallery location
Gallery 3
Ground Level, NGV Australia
About this work
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.
Artwork Details
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
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