Womens Hair String Ceremony by Makinti Napanangka

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 14.10.08

Central Art is honoured to present this collection by the Pintupi artist Makinti Napanangka in recognition of her exceptional body of work and to celebrate the public recognition of her as one of the all time great artists in Australia and possibly one of the greatest living artists in Australia today.


I met Makinti ten years ago. I was overwhelmed by the complexity and subtlety of her paintings and through an interpreter she told me the story of the Hair String ceremony, says Sabine Haider, Director of Aboriginal Art Store. 'I find her body of work intensely feminine'.



The linear design in the painting represents nyimparra, which are hand crafted hair-string belts or skirts, worn by the Pintupi Aboriginal Women during ceremonies, at the rock hole site of Lupul, south of Kintore.


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Gallery: Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Contact: Sabine Haider
Email: info@aboriginalartstore.com.au
Telephone: +61 8 8952 1711
Address: PO Box 567 Alice Springs Alice Springs 0871 NT

 

 

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