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Marrapinti - Yukultji Napangati
Yukultji Napangati
Marrapinti, 2003
acrylic on linen
61 x 55 cm; 65.5 x 60.5 cm (framed)
$5,000
Framed: $5,200
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists, NT Cat No. YN0307151
Private collection, SA
Cooee Art Gallery, NSW Cat No. #19811
Private collection, USA
accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists
In Marrapinti, Yukultji Napangati maps the sacred site west of the Pollock Hills, a place of profound ancestral significance for the women of her Pintupi community. The site is tied to epic Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) narratives in which groups of ancestral women camped as they travelled east, gathering bush foods and performing ceremonies.
Napangati’s painting is distinguished by her intricate networks of fine lines and shimmering fields of dots. These rhythmic patterns convey both the physical features of the desert, its sandhills, rockholes, and shifting light, and the ceremonial energy embedded within the land.
