Ngayarta Kujarra
2009
- Gallery location
- Not on display
About this work
Ngayartu Kujarra was painted using a mixture of rose, peach, pink, sage, white, blue and gold acrylic paints. Along the border of the canvas are twenty-nine vivid cobalt blue circles, each labelled with the name of a sacred waterhole in the East Pilbara region. The centre is rendered with an expansive wash of white paint, the artists’ unique way of depicting the central subject matter Ngayartu Kujarra – an immense salt lake known to many as Lake Dora. It is a vast, collaborative work made by twelve women across three generations from Martumili, in Western Australia.
Artwork Details
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.l.: Kukurlura Wilurr Karl karl
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.l:Nariwari Purta Pukurl
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: (My mother passed away here) Martumili ARTISTS / Dambori Wilara Jila Jila
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.r.: Rawa
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.r.: 09-172 (A-L)
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.r.: Warngarl
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.l.: Kukuyulip Jarnuwa
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.r.: Pulujarra Durun narl (Teddy Biljabu / born here)
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.l.: Juntiwa
inscribed (inverted) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.l.: Parku Kulata Kurlka
inscribed (inverted) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.c.l.: Nitrll mtirll Narkur la ji (…illeg) jarra
inscribed (inverted) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.c..: Rosie’s grandfather / killed someone / with a spear pujiman days
inscribed (inverted) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.r.: Pirriainu Lintirung balung Pogi
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.r.: Dur Dur Yilara
Felton Bequest, 2011
© the artists, courtesy Martumili Artists, Newman
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation