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Art Review: 11 September 2008
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Mitjili NapurrulaMitjili Napurrula

Total Ranking: 87

Born at Haasts Bluff in 1945, after her mother’s Pintupi/Luritja family came in from the desert seeking refuge and rations, Mitjili Napurrula grew up in Papunya and later married the artist, Long Tom Tjapanangka. With their extended family, they returned to Haasts Bluff as part of the 1980’s outstation movement and both artists, often in conjunction, proceeded to contribute significantly to the emerging art community there. Under the guidance of art coordinator Marina Strocchi, Ikuntji Art Centre rapidly developed an exciting style of its own, propelled in part by the older women who had been assistants to Geoffrey Bardon’s first painting men at Papunya. Mitjili Napurrula began painting in 1992, encouraged by the opening of the Ikuntji Women’s Centre, the social and artistic hub of...

Artwork Review: Uwalki 2000.

Read the complete Mitjili Napurrula's artwork review by Adrian Newstead.

Adrian Newstead
As part of this informative series, Aboriginal art consultant Adrian Newstead is reviewing artworks from Australian's 200 highest selling and most successful living and deceased Aboriginal artists. Each painting is discussed in terms of its aesthetic merit, its place within the artist's oeuvre, and its value according to the artist's primary and secondary market results.
Read on to learn more about the style and characteristics of specific works, and the place of each artist in the history of the development of specific regional styles.
 
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