Salt on Mina Mina, 2001
Artist: Dorothy Napangardi
Region: Central Desert
Medium/Type: Painting
Size:
36 x 31 cm
(Artwork can be rotated)
Catalogue Number: 6315DN
Status: Exhibition WA AUSTRALIA
Dorothy was always experimenting and evolving her artwork. In this small work of Salt on Mina Mina she paints a myriad of white dots set against an ochre red background.
As with all of this artist’s works, this painting revolves around the sacred site of Mina Mina, the land in the remote Tanami Desert of which Dorothy is custodial owner. Made up of two enormous soakage and endless sandhills, here Dorothy and her aunts (Napanangkas) perform rituals of dance and song as part of their passing on of Jukurrpa.
Dorothy Napangardi
Regions: Central Desert, Western Desert
One of the leading artists of the contemporary Aboriginal art movement, Napangardi’s work is highly sought after by both collectors and curators worldwide. Her paintings and prints have been widely exhibited and are in all national collections within Australia and in major collections worldwide including most recently the MET, New York. Napangardi had the honour of being the 2nd indigenous artist to be given a solo survey exhibition at the MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Sydney that traced 11 years of her painting career in 1991.