Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri
Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri | |
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Born | circa 1926 (1926) Walungurru (Kintore), Northern Territory, Australia |
Died | 16 August 1998 (aged 71–72) Alice Springs, Australia |
Other names | Japaltjarri, Old Mick Namarari, Numieri, Namari, Numerari, Namarari |
Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri (c. 1926 – August 16, 1998), was one of the most important painters to emerge from the Western Desert.
From the Pintupi language group, Mick Namarari was one of the foundation artists of the movement that emerged in Papunya Tula. White school teacher Geoffrey Bardon considered him one of eight artists whose efforts at the foundation of the movement were particularly interesting. The others were Old Walter Tjampitjinpa, Kaapa Tjampitjinpa, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, Tim Payungka Tjapangati, Charlie Tarawa Tjungurrayi and Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula.[1]
From early figurative works, he moved on to creating large geometric designs that typified Papunya Tula art in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In the 1990s he began producing "minimalist" paintings that depicted the imprint of a kangaroo in the sand, the seeds that the marsupial mouse feeds upon, or the aftermath of hailstorms in the desert.
He died in Alice Springs in 1998.
Collections
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
- Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Awards
Australia Council for the Arts
The Australia Council for the Arts arts funding and advisory body for the Government of Australia. Since 1993, it has awarded a Red Ochre Award. It is presented to an outstanding Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal Australian or Torres Strait Islander) artist for lifetime achievement.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1994 | himself | Red Ochre Award | Awarded |
References
- ^ Bardon 1999, p. 47.
Bibliography
- Bardon, Geoffrey (1999). Papunya Tula: Art of the Western Desert. Adelaide: J.B. Books. ISBN 0958699860.
External links
- Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
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- Linda Syddick Napaltjarri
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- Mona Rockman Napaljarri
- Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri
- Nora Andy Napaltjarri
- Norah Nelson Napaljarri
- Parara Napaltjarri
- Peggy Rockman Napaljarri
- Sheila Brown Napaljarri
- Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri
- Takariya Napaltjarri
- Tjunkiya Napaltjarri
- Topsy Gibson Napaltjarri
- Valerie Lynch Napaltjarri
- Wintjiya Napaltjarri
- Makinti Napanangka
- Dorothy Napangardi
- Pansy Napangardi
- Naata Nungurrayi
- Gloria Petyarre
- Kathleen Petyarre
- Nancy Petyarre
- Minnie Pwerle
- Maggie Napaljarri Ross
- Margaret Scobie
- Barbara Weir
- Ruby Tjangawa Williamson
- Yaritji Young
- Hector Burton
- Albert Namatjira
- Tiger Palpatja
- Wenten Rubuntja
- Paddy Japaljarri Stewart
- Anatjari Tjakamarra
- Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra
- Kaapa Tjampitjinpa
- Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi
- Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula
- Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri
- Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
- Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri
- Timmy Payungka Tjapangati
- Yannima Tommy Watson
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https://alecohalloran.com/ See Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri's authorised biography, The master from Marnpi.