She was referred to posthumously as Kumentje. Art House Gallery, Sydney2002 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne2002 Art Born Of The Western Desert, Framed Gallery, Darwin 2001 Spirituality and Australian Aboriginal Art, Comunidad de Madrid touring exhibition, Spain.2001 Size Doesn't Matter, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne 2001 Pintupi Exhibition, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs2001 Papunya Tula 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Chapman Gallery, Canberra2001 Palm Beach Art Fair, Palm Beach, FL, USA.2001 Kintore and Kiwirrkura, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne 2001 Indigenart, Perth2001 Dreamtime: the Dark and the Light, Kunst der Gegenwart, Sammlung Essl, Vienna2001 Dreamscapes-Contemporary Desert Art, Mostings Hus, Frederiksberg, Denmark2001 Desert Flowering, Manawatu Art Gallery, North Island, New Zealand.2001 Art of the Pintupi, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide2001 Aboriginal Art 2001, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne2001 Kintore and Kiwirrkura, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne2001 Aborigena, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turino, Italy.2000 Utopia Art, Sydney2000 Pintupi Women, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs2000 Papunya - Tula Genesis and Genius, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney2000 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne2000 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne2000 Framed Gallery, Darwin1999 Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne1999 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne1998 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne1998 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne1998 14th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Art Award, RMIT University, Melbourne1998 14th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise1998 nineteen ninety eight, Utopia Art, Sydney1997 Museums & Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin1997 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne1996 Papunya Tula Women, Utopia Art, Sydney1996 Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs1996 Museums & Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, © 2020 Kate Owen Gallery. [14] She died in Alice Springs in January 2011. Working in synthetic polymer on linen or canvas, Makinti's paintings primarily take as their subjects a rockhole site, Lupul, and an indigenous story (or "dreaming") about two sisters, known as Kungka Kutjarra. She was one of a large group of people who walked into Haasts Bluff in the early 1940s, together with her husband Nyukuti Tjupurrula (brother of artist Nosepeg Tjupurrula), and their son Ginger Tjakamarra, born around 1940. Makinti Napanangka's life has followed the [11][43] Makinti's works reflect those themes, and are particularly associated with a rockhole site, Lupul,[33][44][notes 4] and with Kungka Kutjarra. Makinti Napanangka was active/lived in Australia. [11][16] In 2000, she held her first solo exhibition, and was one of the artists whose works were included in the major exhibition Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Thus her personal name was "Makinti". 2003 saw her named by Australian Art Collector magazine as one of the country's 50 most collectible artists, an assessment repeated by that magazine By 2006, her works were commanding "the upper end of the price spectrum", though the resale values of those of her works not sold through Papunya Tula artists were considered precarious, owing to such works being of variable quality. [26] In October 2008, she was one of several prominent artists whose works featured in a charity auction securing funds for the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin. Makinti's works reflect those themes, and are particularly associated with a rockhole site, Lupul, and with Kungka Kutjarra. 2003 saw her named by Australian Art Collector magazine as one of the country's 50 most collectible artists, an assessment repeated by that magazine By 2006, her works were commanding "the upper end of the price spectrum", though the resale values of those of her works not sold through Papunya Tula artists were considered precarious, owing to such works being of variable quality.
characterises men's ceremonial and contemporary art making. [45] Throughout this evolution, her colour palette has consistently included a subtle range of yellows and pinks, through to oranges and whites.[11][20][46]. Makinti Napanangka is known for Aboriginal art. The Artist. Working in synthetic polymer on linen or canvas, Makinti's paintings primarily take as their subjects a rockhole site, Lupul, and an indigenous story (or "dreaming") about two sisters, known as Kungka Kutjarra. Buy / Sell.
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Walangkura Napanangka (Uta Uta Tjangala’s widow) was born sometime in the mid 1940s beside a rockhole near where the Tjukurla community was later established.
All sources agree that she comes from the area of Karrkurritinytja or Lake MacDonald, which straddles the border between Western Australia and the Northern Territory, 50 kilometres (31 mi) south-west of Kintore, and about 500 kilometres (310 mi) west of Alice Springs. 1. Makinti Napanangka (c. 1930 – 9 January 2011) was a Pintupi-speaking Indigenous Australian artist from Australia's Western Desert region.
project. They may also cite the place of birth as being where the mother first felt the foetus move, rather than where the birth took place. The uncertainty around Makinti's date and place of birth arises from the fact that Indigenous Australians often estimate dates of birth by comparison with other events, especially for people born before contact with European Australians.