1990/0089 Kunajarayi Jukurrpa

Kunajarayi Jukurrpa

Artist

Paddy Japaljarri SIMS
Aboriginal/Indigenous
Birth:
c 1917
 in
Kunjarrayi, Mt Nicker, Yuendumu, Northern Territory
Death:
2010
 in
Yuendumu, Northern Territory

Artwork

Title
Kunajarayi Jukurrpa
Date
1986
Medium/Material
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Dimensions
168.5 x 185.1cm (sight) (Height x Width x Depth)
Credit line
Purchased 1990
State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia
Copyright credit line
© Paddy Japaljarri Sims / Copyright Agency
Accession Number
1990/0089
Currently not on display

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This Jukurrpa (Dreaming) belongs to Japaljarri and Jungurrayi and their sisters Napaljarri and Nungurrayi. Japaljarri has painted several of the Jukurrpa that pass through Kunajarrayi. (Mount Nicker) - the witchetty grub, budgerigar and women's Jukurrpa as well as this one. On the top left-hand edge vertical designs of circles and wavy lines denote the witchetty grub site. To the right, U-shapes around a circle indicate Nungurrayi and Napaljarri with their wooden bowls collecting bush food. Above and extending to the right are clusters of budgerigar feet marks.SHORTER VERSION FOR SAC 2011 (GIP)This Tjukurrpa [Dreaming] story belongs to Japaljarri and Jungurrayi and their sisters Napaljarri and Nungurrayi. Japaljarri has painted several of the Jukurrpa that pass through Kunajarrayi (Mount Nicker) which inclide the witchetty grub, budgerigar and women's Tjukurrpa. On the top left-hand edge vertical designs of circles and wavy lines denote the witchetty grub site. To the right, U-shapes around a circle indicate Nungurrayi and Napaljarri with their wooden bowls collecting bush food. Above and extending to the right are clusters of budgerigar feet marks.

Curatorial insightThis Jukurrpa (Dreaming) belongs to Japaljarri and Jungurrayi and their sisters Napaljarri and Nungurrayi. Japaljarri has painted several of the Jukurrpa that pass through Kunajarrayi (Mount Nicker) - the witchetty grub, budgerigar and women's Jukurrpa as well as this one. On the top left-hand edge vertical designs of circles and wavy lines denote the witchetty grub site. To the right, U-shapes around a circle indicate Nungurrayi and Napaljarri with their wooden bowls collecting bush food. Above and extending to the right are clusters of budgerigar feet marks. (Croft, Indigenous Art: Art Gallery of Western Australia, 2001)

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