Hailstorm at the rockhole site of Payarnga, south of Kintore
2003
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Measurements
90.6 × 91.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of The Hon. David Angel QC through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2020
© Wintjiya Napaltjarri/Licensed by Aborginal Artists Agency Limited
Gallery location
Gallery 3
Ground Level, NGV Australia
About this work
Wintjiya Napaltjarri was a Pintupi artist known for painting her father’s ancestral Country near Kintore, about 500 kilometres west of Mparntwe/Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. The daughter of renowned painter Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi, she grew up travelling her Country in the Gibson Desert, immersed in cultural knowledge. As part of the second generation of painters at Papunya, Napaltjarri developed a graphic style that was often characterised by her stripped-back palette. Here we see her skillful application of white to trace seasonal and climactic changes across Country, offering a sense of intense, storming wind and hail.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.l.: 91 x 91cm
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.l.: Papunya Tula Artist Pty. Ltd.
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.r.: Wintjiya Morgan • Napaltjarri
inscribed (inverted) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.c.r.: WM0302101
Accession Number
2020.55
Department
First Nations Australia