Parnngurr
2009
- Medium
- synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Measurements
- 126.7 × 292.5 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Kunawarritji, Western Australia
- Accession Number
- 2011.277
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 2011
© Bugai Whylouter, Pinyirrpa Nancy Patterson/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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 sees the collaboration of sisters Bugai Whylouter and Pinyirr Nancy Patterson. The two girls grew up in the country around Parnngurr, which is the site depicted in this work. Both artists lived in several communities within the Martu area alonside their families. Whylouter and Patterson’s approach to painting was fierce, energised and without hesitation, which can be seen in the free-flowing use of circular markings and the experimental use of colour. In this collaboration, the women share their mother’s story, translated onto the canvas.