2023 Works from Ngaruwanajirri Past and Present

Works from Ngaruwanajirri Past and Present

Aboriginal & Pacific Art is delighted to present Works from Ngaruwanajirri Past

19 July – 12 August 2023 Cover page: Alfonso Puautjimi, ‘Nine Houses’, APU1391-22, Natural ochre on Saunders paper, 38 x 57 cm In association with Ngaruwanajirri Inc, Wurrumiyanga, Bathurst Island, NT

and Present

Alfonso Puautjimi Landscape with Grey Plane Natural Ochre on Saunders Paper, 57.5 x 38 cm #APU1267-21

Present:

New work from artists at Ngaruwanajirri.

Bathurst Island and Melville Islands are known as the Tiwi Islands and are located about 60 kilometres north of Darwin. Wurrumiyanga (formerly known as Nguiu) is situated on Bathurst Island, the smaller of the two islands, and is the main township with a population of approximately 1,500 people. This makes it the largest township on Bathurst Island.

All the Indigenous artists working at Ngaruwanajirri are Tiwi and the word ‘ngaruwanajirri’ is Tiwi for ‘helping one another’.

Their work has been included in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards and features in many private and public collections, including the Batchelor Institute, Parliament House in Canberra, Artbank, Charles Darwin University Collection and the Lam Collection University of San Antonio Texas USA.

Landscape with Yellow Plane

Natural Ochre on Saunders Paper, 58 x 38 cm

#APU1271-21

Alfonso Puautjimi

Alfonso Puautjimi:

Alfonso Puautjimi (1969- ) is an established artist who has worked at Ngaruwanajirri Inc. for over 20 years, having started painting with the group in 1997. He is one of the many artists there with a distinctive and individual style of expression, and whose painting has moved from strength to strength over the past decade.

The subject matter of his stylistically individual ochre paintings is drawn from his every day environment: including figures in the painting studio, houses, planes, cars and bicycles. Alfonso uses broad brush strokes, generous paint application and applies black lines over large areas of rich colour. His paintwork has a strong textural effect, making these unique works strong and dynamic.

Alfonso’s works have been exhibited and collected across Australia for over two decades.

Alfonso Puautjimi Landscape with Red Plane Natural Ochre on Saunders Paper, 57.5 x 38 cm #APU1306-22

Alfonso Puautjimi Three Bikes Natural Ochre on Saunders Paper, 38 x 57 cm #APU1473-23

Alfonso Puautjimi Landscape with Yellow Bus Natural Ochre on Saunders Paper, 58 x 38 cm #APU1314-22

Alfonso Puautjimi Landscape with White Plane Natural Ochre on Saunders Paper, 57 x 38 cm #APU1386-22

Alfonso Puautjimi

Lanscape with Green Plane

Natural Ochre on Saunders Paper, 57 x 38 cm

#APU1387-22

Alfonso Puautjimi Nine Houses Natural Ochre on Saunders Paper, 57 x 38 cm #APU1391-22

Landscape with Orange Plane

Natural Ochre on Saunders Paper, 57 x 38.5 cm

#APU1454-23

Alfonso Puautjimi

Jilamara

Natural Ochre on Saunders Paper, 38 x 57.5 cm

#AWCJMTT 04-23

Jane Tipuamantumirri

Jane Margaret Tipuamantumirri:

Jane Tipuamantumirri (1968- ) is an established artist and has worked at Ngaruwanajirri Inc. for many years. She is one of the many artists there with a distinctive and individual style of expression.

The subject matter of her ochre paintings is drawn from her every day environment: including magpie goose, shark, muputi (fish), tunga (bark basket) and pamajini (arm band for ceremony).

Jane’s works have been exhibited and collected across Australia for over two decades.

Natural Ochre on Saunders Paper, 38 x 58 cm

Jane Tipuamantumirri Jilamara #AWCJMTT 22-22

Jane Tipuamantumirri Jilamara Natural Ochre on Arches paper, 57.5 x 38 cm #AWCJMTT 22-23

Jane Tipuamantumirri Jilamara Natural Ochre on Arches paper, 38 x 57.5 cm #AWCJMTT 27-22

Estelle Munkanome

Untitled

Watercolour on Arches paper, 77 x 57 cm

#AWC EM 11-11

Past:

Work from artists from Ngaruwanajirri in the Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery Collection.

These works are some of the most prized examples from many years of partnership and exhibitions between Ngaruwanajirri and Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery. This partnership has been made possible by the the important work of Joy and John Naden who have worked tirelessly to raise the profile of Ngaruwanajirri artists.