Nyapanyapa Yunupingu
(Australia circa 1945– )
- Language group
- Gumatj, Arnhem region
- Title
- Hunting Stingray at Biranybirany
- Year
- 2008
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
-
58.0 x 194.0cm
- Credit
- Annette Margaret Dupree Bequest Fund 2008
- Accession number
- 358.2008
- Copyright
- © Nyapanyapa Yunupingu, Buku-Larrngay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Nyapanyapa Yunupingu's paintings are truly unique, both in their subject matter and in their execution. Rather than depict ancestral stories she has inherited from her family, Yunupingu focuses on actual events from her own life and renders these in animated detail in her works.
- Bibliography (1)
-
'Collections: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art', pg. 22-25., Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 2008-09 2009, 2009, 23.
- Exhibition history (2)
-
Nyapanyapa: Once upon a time, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 18 Sep 2008–11 Oct 2008.
The Dreamers (2009-10), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 09 May 2009 -.
