Karntakurlangu Jukurrpa by Dorothy Napangardi, Etching, Paper Size: 57x78cm, DN-19

Date: 2006, Catalogue No: DN-19, Limited Edition: 40, Image Size: 44 cm x 44 cm, Paper Size: 57 cm x 78 cm, Medium: Limited Edition Etching, Produced at: The National Art School, Paddington, Sydney, Printer: Belinda Fox at Belinda Fox Studios, Melbourne, VIC

To portray her country, Mina Mina in this limited edition etching, the artist has created a striking check-like design in black on the white background. This print can be read like a map through which the women move; across the terrain, around the soakages of Mina Mina and the crustations that form when rainwater recedes, through the spinifex clumps and over the sandhills. The artist’s fascination with rather rigid geometrics coupled with non-linear movement creates a push and pull effect, pulling the eye of the viewer up and down, inwards and outwards, pushing it from one point to the next. It is her ability to keep the viewer continually engaged whilst reading her work that sees Dorothy Napangardi receiving the recognition that she is.

Curator's note:
Along with every purchase we are offering a free copy of the book titled: Honouring And Remembering The Art And Life Of Dorothy Napangardi as this etching is in it.