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BIOGRAPHY   Maureen Morgan Napaltjarri (1970-)

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Artist:
Maureen Morgan Napaltjarri (B. 1970-)
Title:
 
Shorty Lungkata Dreaming
Medium: 
Acrylic on Belgian linen
Size S
tretched:  158 x 97.5 cm
Certificate 77-605
Price (inc.GST): $5,500

Artist:
Maureen Morgan Napaltjarri (B. 1970-)
Title:
 
Shorty Lungkata  Dreaming
Medium: 
Acrylic on Belgian linen
Size stretched:
 90 x 90 cm

Certificate 77-134
Price (inc.GST):
  $2,200

Artist:
Maureen Morgan Napaltjarri
Title: Shorty Lungkata Dreaming
Medium: 
Acrylic on Belgian linen
Size stretched:
110 x 90 cm
Certificate  77-619
Price: SOLD

Artist:
Maureen Morgan Napaltjarri
Title:
 Shorty Lungkata Story
Medium: 
Acrylic on Belgian linen
Size
stretched: 155 x 61 cm
Certificate 10-mn047   
Price: SOLD
 
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BIOGRAPHY

 Maureen Morgan Napaltjarri pays particular attention to details, creating superb,  most inspiring paintings. Her paintings with subtle shades of colour and intricate details, and multi dimensionality have the powerful physicality of much contemporary work of art.  Maureen Morgan Napaltjarri experiments with colour and shapes keeping the traditional content of the stories.

 Maureen paints first-rate paintings with the intricate details and subtle shades that float and move with the viewer’s eyes. Her paintings have the physical presence of much contemporary work of art. Completed with tiny dots her paintings have fascinating accuracy and also, powerful and inspiring and multi dimensional impression.  Maureen experiments with colour and shapes keeping the traditional content of the stories. Her paintings describe Shorty Lungkata Dreamings in the Australian Western desert with sand hills and its winds, the rainfall and the desert surroundings after the rain in its natural world. 

Though  Maureen Morgan paintings with her intricate details and subtle shades of colour can not be easily replicated via a digital image as they loose it via internet transfer. Due to the digital transfer process via the internet it is difficult to observe the quality of her work and the details of the paintings on the website. The digital transfer does not allow for the accuracy and the physicality of the work of art, neither the powerful and moving multi dimensionality of  Maureen Morgan work.

 Maureen Morgan was born circa 1970 at Papunya Community.  Maureen is the youngest daughter of revered artist of Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi from the Papunya movement, he was one of the first masters who was involved with the Aboriginal art movement. He was  Maureen Morgan teacher and coaching her in art ideas, philosophy, beliefs and principles of painting his ancient family Dreamings.

Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi was a man of extraordinary presence and quiet self-assurance. He grew up in the desert before travelling to Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) around 1950. While he had a longer period of contact with non-Aboriginal people than some other Pintupi men of his age, he made attempt to learn English. In 1960 he moved over the MacDonnell Ranges to Papunya, where the new settlement had been created. By the 1970s Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi was a powerful and sometimes feared ngangkari (traditional doctor) as well as a a renowned Australian artist. At Papunya, the Pintupi were marginalized, and there was almost continuous conflict between the people of various language groups clustered around the settlement. Lungkata was a forceful advocate for his people and more than once would proclaim his rights in a dance with spears in front of a large crowd in the community canteen. Because of the dire living conditions, he and his family chose to live on successive outstations to the west of the settlement, towards his traditional country.

Shorty Lungkata Dreamings
From the mid-1970s, Lungkata's works became increasingly elaborate. His paintings often featured multiple sets of looping crescents building from a steady centre. In some instances he employed subtle modulations of tone and colour to support the pulsing rhythm of a work. During this phase, he was the only Papunya Tula artist to begin his roundels with ovals rather than circles, giving his painting an attenuated, slightly convex feel. By the end of the decade, he was creating monumental, authoritative works that were comprehensive representations of the several Tjukurrpa that cross his traditional country. His greatest works were created when the market demand for Western Desert art had not yet been realised and, consequently, Lungkata's significance as an artist should not be underestimated by the relative scarcity of his work.
John Kean in 'Tradition today: Indigenous art in Australia', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004

Lungkata began painting in the Australian summer of 1971-72. His paintings are intensely concentrated; their energies are contained and inwardly focused. 'Women's dreaming (Two women)', 1972, is a magnificent example of his earliest work. It is spare and powerful, but with subtle details such as the interlocking of the dotted
Her family later moved to Warren Creek Outstation around 15 kilometers West of Mt Liebig,  Maureen lives at Warren Creek with all her family including her son and most other family members. Warren Creek is rich with Bush Tucker and  Maureen still looks for Honey ants and witcherty Grubs on the weekends.

Maureen began painting with her father Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi, a famous Australian artist (one of the first masters who was involved with the Aboriginal art movement) and later for the Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu Community Centre.  Maureen Morgan Napaltjarriis an important member of the Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu community centre. She has a promising career and is sought after solo exhibitions. She works for Watiyawanu Artists of Mt Liebig. Some of the most interesting Aboriginal art today is coming from the Mt Liebig community - 325kms west of Alice Springs in the heart of the Western Desert. Leading artists represented in the exhibition include the highly acclaimed Lilly Kelly Napangardi and Wentja Napaltjarri Two.

One of  Maureen’s exciting exhibition was to be selected for the prestigious 23rd Telstra NATSIAA  2005 Telstra Australian National Aboriginal Art Award (NATSIA) in the Museum & Art Gallery Northern Territory (Darwin).

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2005 - 23rd Telstra NATSIAA Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA)
2004 - Mary Place (Melbourne);
2003 - Exhibition Chapel of Chapel (Melbourne);
2002 - Exhibition High on art (Melbourne).
 

NATSIAA Art Award
The Award was established in 1984 as the National Aboriginal Art Award by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. The aim of the Award is to recognise the important contribution made by Indigenous artists and to promote appreciation and understanding of the quality and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art from regional and urban based Indigenous artists throughout Australia, working in traditional and contemporary media. The Award is an important showcase for both established and emerging artists and has come to be regarded as one of the premier national events in the Australian Indigenous art calendar. The Award attracts a range of Indigenous artists from all parts of the country and about 100 works are selected each year from around 300 entries. The diversity and style of work submitted each year reflects the changing face of contemporary Aboriginal art practice. Telstra has sponsored the Award since 1992 and has continued to further enhance its profile and prestige. In 2000, Telstra doubled the First Prize money from $20,000 to $40,000 and in 2005 Telstra announced its ongoing support for the Award amounting to a total of over $1 million in sponsorship over the next five years. In 2006, the Telstra First Prize was re-named the Telstra Award and all prizes became non-acquisitive. The four categories in which prizes are awarded are:

  • the Telstra General Painting Award

  • the Telstra Bark Painting Award

  • the Telstra Work on Paper Award

  • the Wandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award (sponsored by Telstra)

Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi Bibliography
Scholarly/Book; One sun one moon: Aboriginal art in Australia;
Hetti Perkins (Australia), Margie West (Australia), Theresa Willsteed;
2007, 175 (colour illus.), ‘In recognition: The gift of Pintupi painting’ by Fred Myers and Jeremy Long, pg. 171-179.
Scholarly/Book; Tradition today: Indigenous art in Australia; Hetti Perkins (Australia), Theresa Willsteed;
2004, 160, 161 (colour illus.), 'Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi' by John Kean, pg. 160.
Periodical; Look: 1953-2003 celebrating 50 years; Jill Sykes (Australia);
May 2003, 52, 'When the everyday becomes extraordinary: AGS help acceptance of young urban indigenous artists' by Hetti Perkins, pg. 51-53.
Periodical; Look; Jill Sykes (Australia); Dec 2002-Jan 2003, 27 (colour illus.),
'Singular symbolism: major work by a founding member of Papunya 'painting mob' by Hetti Perkins, pg. 27.
Annual report; Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 2002;
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 2002, 24, 'Year in review', pg. 8-25.
 

Certificate 77-605 : Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu Community Centre
Title:
     Shorty Lungkata Dreaming Cat. no. 77-605 
Medium: 
Acrylic on Belgian linen
Size S
tretched:  158 x 97.5 cm

On reverse stamp from the Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu

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About buying art

 Maureen Morgan Napaltjarri pays particular attention to details creating superb and most inspiring paintings.  Maureen paints first-rate paintings with the intricate details and subtle shades that float and move with the viewer’s eyes. Her paintings have the physical presence of much contemporary work of art. Completed with tiny dots her paintings have fascinating accuracy and also, powerful and inspiring and multi dimensional impression.  Maureen experiments with colour and shapes keeping the traditional content of the stories. Her paintings describe Shorty Lungkata Dreamings in the Australian Western desert with sand hills and its winds, the rainfall and the desert surroundings after the rain in its natural world. 

 Maureen Morgan paintings with many intricate details and subtle shades of colour can not be replicated by a digital image as they loose it via internet transfer. Due to the digital transfer throughout the internet process it is difficult to observe the quality and the details of the paintings on the website. The digital transfer does not allow for the accuracy and the physicality of the work of art, neither the powerful and moving multi dimensionality of  Maureen Morgan work.

 

Certificate 77-134: Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu Community Centre
Title:     Shorty Lungkata Dreaming 77-134     
Medium: 
Acrylic on Belgian linen
Size stretched:
 90 x 90 cm

Signed on reverse Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu

 Maureen Morgan Napaltjarri pays particular attention to details creating superb and most inspiring paintings.  Maureen paints first-rate paintings with the intricate details and subtle shades that float and move with the viewer’s eyes. Her paintings have the physical presence of much contemporary work of art. Completed with tiny dots her paintings have fascinating accuracy and also, powerful and inspiring and multi dimensional impression.  Maureen experiments with colour and shapes keeping the traditional content of the stories. Her paintings describe Shorty Lungkata Dreamings in the Australian Western desert with sand hills and its winds, the rainfall and the desert surroundings after the rain in its natural world. 

 Maureen Morgan paintings with many intricate details and subtle shades of colour can not be replicated by a digital image as they loose it via internet transfer. Due to the digital transfer throughout the internet process it is difficult to observe the quality and the details of the paintings on the website. The digital transfer does not allow for the accuracy and the physicality of the work of art, neither the powerful and moving multi dimensionality of  Maureen Morgan work.

How to BUY

About buying art

 

Certificate 10-mn047  Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu Community Centre
Title:
     Shorty Lungkata  
Medium: 
Acrylic on Belgian linen
Size
stretched:  155 x 61 cm
Signed on reverse Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu

Price:    
SOLD

   

Certificate 77-619 Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu Community Centre
Title:
     Lungkata Dreaming
Medium: 
Acrylic on Belgian linen
Size stretched:
110 x 90 cm
Signed on reverse Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu
Price:  
SOLD

Prices may change without a prior notice to purchase please contact us

all prices are in Australian $ AUD.  Convert Currency

about interest free payments

art in superannuation

about baying art & investing

about fake art - be vigilant

Galeria Aniela recognizes the importance of a client confidence in buying an authentic original work of art, we sell paintings and sculpture only of impeccable provenance and quality. We provide a professional service and we give an informed advice with an opportunity to purchase a high-quality work of art by some of Australia's most important artists. Our people focused approach ensures that everyone has an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

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