Alma Nungarrayi Granites

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Alma Nungarrayi Granites (1955-2017), a Warlpiri woman, was an Australian artist. She lived at Yuendumu, and was known for painting Yanjirlpirri, [note 1] Star Dreaming. [1]

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Works

Her works are held in the collections of Artbank (Untitled), [2] the Holmes à Court Gallery (Yanjirlpirri or Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa diptych, and Yanjirlpirri or Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa), [3] the San Antonio Museum of Art (Yanjirlpirri Jukurrpa), [4] the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia (Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa[Seven Sisters Dreaming] 2011) and the Australian Museum. [5]

Exhibitions

Granites' work has been exhibited at the Holmes à Court Gallery (Stardust Memories, group), [3] and the San Antonio Museum of Art (Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art, group). [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Scott Mitchell (2016). ""To the city for dancing": The Women Artists collection and the birth of commercial art practice at Yuendumu". A Cultural Cacophony: Museum Perspectives and Projects (PDF). Museums Galleries Australia (NSW). pp. 86–102. ISBN   9781741384499 . Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Alma Nungarryi Granites Untitled, 1988". artbank.gov.au. Artbank. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 Stardust Memories (exhibition catalogue) (PDF). Holmes a Court Gallery. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Past Exhibition: Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art". samuseum.org. San Antonio Museum of Art. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Michelle Van Doninck (17 December 2014). "Same jukurrpa same country". australian.museum. Australian Museum. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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