Ngoia Napapltjarri Pollard
Swamp near Nyirripi
ASAANP2367
2007
120x91cm
Acrylic paints on linen
| Description: | Ngoia Napaljarri Pollard paints her father's country. This country is sacred Warlpiri territory with a strong association of narratives relating to 'watersnake'. The oval shapes in her paintings are iconographic representations of the swamps and lakes near Nyirripi north west of Mt. Liebig. In her paintings Ngoia depicts the wet and dry characteristics of Nyirripi (Talarada), a region charged with the spiritual presence of a 'watersnake' which lives beneath the surface. This area is currently unnoccupied Warlpiri land where her father hunted prior to white presence. Ngoia has custodianship responsibilities over this area. |
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