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Australian Walpiri artist.

Alma Nungarrayi Granites (1955-2017), a Warlpiri woman, was an Australian artist. She lived at Yuendumu, and was known for painting Yanjirlpirri, Star Dreaming.

Works

Her works are held in the collections of Artbank (Untitled), the Holmes à Court Gallery (Yanjirlpirri or Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa diptych, and Yanjirlpirri or Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa), the San Antonio Museum of Art (Yanjirlpirri Jukurrpa), and the Australian Museum.

Exhibitions

Granites' work has been exhibited at the Holmes à Court Gallery (Stardust Memories, group), and the San Antonio Museum of Art (Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art, group).

See also

Notes

  1. also Yanjirlpirri Jukurrpa or Napaljarri-Warnu, Seven Sisters Dreaming

References

  1. Scott Mitchell (2016). ""To the city for dancing": The Women Artists collection and the birth of commercial art practice at Yuendumu". A Cultural Cacophony: Museum Perspectives and Projects (PDF). Museums Galleries Australia (NSW). pp. 86–102. ISBN 9781741384499. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. "Alma Nungarryi Granites Untitled, 1988". artbank.gov.au. Artbank. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ^ Stardust Memories (exhibition catalogue) (PDF). Holmes a Court Gallery. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Past Exhibition: Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art". samuseum.org. San Antonio Museum of Art. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. Michelle Van Doninck (17 December 2014). "Same jukurrpa same country". australian.museum. Australian Museum. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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