LUCY YUKENBARRI NAPANANGKA - UNTITLED
LUCY YUKENBARRI NAPANANGKA
UNTITLED, 2002
180 x 120 cm
acrylic on linen
REGION
Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills), WA
PROVENANCE
Warlayirti Artists, WA Cat No. 229/02
Private collection, Singapore
STORY
During her lifetime, Lucy Yukenbarri was considered to be one of the most innovative and daring of the Balgo women painters. Laying down fields of intense colour with a thick, painterly texture was a hallmark of her work. Though her brushwork appears to be linear, the bands of colours are actually merged dots that she referred to as ‘kinti kinti’ (close, close). They dry quickly in the intense heat, building a chromatic density that has no time for gentle gradations or blended hues. The result is a rich immediacy of contrast and resonance.
ARTIST PROFILE