Valerie Lynch Napaltjarri

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Valerie Lynch Napaltjarri
Born13 September 1970
Indigenous Australian
Occupation(s)Painter, printmaker

Valerie Lynch Napaltjarri (born 13 September 1970) is an

Papunya in Australia's Northern Territory. She is a painter and printmaker whose work has been collected by the National Gallery of Australia
.

Life

Valerie Lynch was born 13 September 1970 at

Papunya, Northern Territory.[1] As of 2008 she lived at Papunya, and is a director of the Papunya Tjupi Art Centre Aboriginal Corporation.[2]

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.[3][4]
Thus "Valerie Lynch" is the element of the artist's name that is specifically hers.

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.[7]

Career

Valerie Lynch is a member of Papunya Tjupi, a group of descendants of the

Michael Nelson Jagamarra.[11]

Collections

References

  1. ^ "LYNCH NAPALTJARRI, Valerie". Prints and printmaking Australia Asia Pacific. National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  2. ^ Papunya Tjupi Art Centre Aboriginal Corporation (2008). General Report, 2008. Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Kinship and skin names". People and culture. Central Land Council. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  4. ISBN 978-0-85575-234-7
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  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Dussart, Francoise (2006). "Canvassing identities: reflecting on the acrylic art movement in an Australian Aboriginal settlement". Aboriginal History. 30: 156–168.
  7. ^ a b Morphy, Howard (1999). Aboriginal Art. London: Phaidon. pp. 261–316.
  8. ^ Strocchi, Marina (2006). "Minyma Tjukurrpa: Kintore / Haasts Bluff Canvas Project: Dancing women to famous painters". Artlink. 26 (4).
  9. ^ Muscat, Amanda (2007). "Papunya Tjupi: A New Beginning". Artlink Magazine. 27 (4).
  10. ^ a b "Valerie LYNCH NAPALTJARRI (1970 – )". Prints and printmaking Australia Asia Pacific. National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  11. ^ Kempson, Michael (2007). "Double Visions: Making Prints with Cicada Press". Projects & Events. University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2010.

External links

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