Louisa Napaljarri

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Louisa Napaljarri
Bornc.1930 (2024-04-27UTC16:30)
Ngarrupalya, west of
Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia
Died2001
Lajamanu, Northern Territory
NationalityAustralian
Known forPainting

Louisa Lawson Napaljarri (Pupiya) (c. 1930–2001) was a

Indigenous artist from Australia's Western Desert region. Louisa commenced painting at Lajamanu, Northern Territory in 1986. Her work is held by the National Gallery of Victoria
.

Life

Louisa Lawson Napaljarri was born circa 1926[1] or 1931.[2] The ambiguity around the year of birth is in part because Indigenous Australians operate using a different conception of time, often estimating dates through comparisons with the occurrence of other events.[3]

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kinship system of central Australian Indigenous people. These names define kinship relationships that influence preferred marriage partners and may be associated with particular totems. Although they may be used as terms of address, they are not surnames in the sense used by Europeans.[4][5]
Thus 'Louisa Lawson' is the element of the artist's name that is specifically hers.

As a child, Louisa lived around Ngarrupalya,

Yuendumu artist Paddy Japaljarri Sims.[2]

Louisa was a "senior woman in the ceremonial life of the Lajamanu community".[2] She died in 2001.[1]

Art

Background

Contemporary Indigenous art of the western desert began when Indigenous men at

outstations, people were beginning to create art works expressly for exhibition and sale.[9]

Career

Louisa Lawson was one of a number of artists who first learned painting through a course run in 1986 at

Technical and Further Education unit.[11][12] The course, initially attended only by men, eventually enrolled over a hundred community members.[13] Others who began their careers through that course include Mona Napaljarri and Peggy Rockman Napaljarri. In the 1990s she was "one of the best known painters at Lajamanu".[2]

Works by Louisa are held by the National Gallery of Victoria,[1] which included her works in its 1989 Mythscapes and 1991 Paint Up Big exhibitions.[2]

Collections

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Louisa Lawson Napaljarri (Pupiya) – Ngalyipi Jukurrpa (Medicine vine Dreaming) 1986". NGV Collection. National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 2 July 2009. [dead link]
  2. ^ a b c d e f Johnson, Vivien (1994). Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary. Roseville East, NSW: Craftsman House. pp. 125–6.
  3. ISBN 1-876622-47-4
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  4. ^ "Kinship and skin names". People and culture. Central Land Council. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  5. ISBN 978-0-85575-234-7
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  6. ^ Johnson, Vivien (1994). Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary. Roseville East, NSW: Craftsman House. p. 50.
  7. ^ Bardon, Geoffrey; James Bardon (2006). Papunya – A place made after the story: The beginnings of the Western Desert painting movement. University of Melbourne: Miegunyah Press.
  8. ^ Dussart, Francoise (2006). "Canvassing identities: reflecting on the acrylic art movement in an Australian Aboriginal settlement". Aboriginal History. 30: 156–168.
  9. ^ a b Morphy, Howard (1999). Aboriginal Art. London: Phaidon. pp. 261–316.
  10. ^ Strocchi, Marina (2006). "Minyma Tjukurrpa: Kintore / Haasts Bluff Canvas Project: Dancing women to famous painters". Artlink. 26 (4).
  11. ISBN 1-876622-47-4
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  12. ISBN 1-876622-47-4
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  13. ^ Johnson, Vivien (1994). "Domino effects: the spread of Western Desert art in the '80s". Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary. Roseville East, NSW: Craftsman House. pp. 13–49.
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