{"product_id":"geraldine-napurrurla-langdon-ngurlu-jukurrpa-native-seed-dreaming-61x61cm","title":"Geraldine Napurrurla Langdon, Ngurlu Jukurrpa (Native Seed Dreaming), 61x61cm","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eAboriginal Artist - Geraldine Napurrurla Langdon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eCommunity - Yuendumu  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eAboriginal Art Centre - Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eArt centre catalogue number - 2860\/25\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eMaterials - Professional artist acrylic on Belgian linen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eSize(cm) - H61 W61 D2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003ePostage variants - Artwork posted rolled for safe shipping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eOrientation - Painted from all sides and OK to hang as wished\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eArtwork\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNakamarra\/Napurrurla women and Jakamarra\/Jupurrurla men. The Jukurrpa is associated with a place called Jaralypari, north of Yuendumu. Lukarrara is a species of Fimbristylis, a grass that bears edible seeds in the winter-time. The seeds are traditionally ground on a large stone (‘puturlu’) with a smaller stone (‘ngalikirri’) to make flour. This flour is mixed with water (‘ngapa’) to make small seed cakes. In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites and other elements. In paintings of this Jukurrpa large concentric circles are used to represent Jaralypari and dots surrounding these circles are often depicting the ‘ngurlu’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eArtist\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeraldine Napururrla Langdon was born in 1968 In Alice Springs Hospital, the closest hospital to Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community 290 km north-west of Alice Springs in the NT of Australia. She is the daughter of Amy Napaljarri Dixon, and the Granddaughter of Liddy Napanangka Walker (1925-2017), a major Warpiri artist. She spent her early childhood in Alice Springs and went to the local school. When she was sixteen she moved to Yuendumu and completed her schooling at Yuendumu Secondary School. She is married to Jimmy Langdon and has 2 boys and 2 girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeraldine began painting with the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre located in Yuendumu, in 1996. She paints her father’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJanganpa Jukurrpa \u003c\/em\u003e(Bushtail Possum) – Mawurrji;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLukarrara Jukurrpa \u003c\/em\u003e(Desert Fringe-rush Seed Dreaming) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eYarla Jukurrpa \u003c\/em\u003e(Bush Potato Dreaming), ‘dreamings’ related directly to her land, its features and the plants and animals that inhabit it. These stories have been passed down by her father and his father, through the generations for millennia.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e“When I’m sitting down painting my ‘dreamings’, I feel contented. My ‘dreamings’ make me happy.”\u003c\/em\u003e Geraldine likes working with colour and patterns and uses an unrestricted palette to develop a modern interpretation of her traditional culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen she’s not painting, she likes to go out bush hunting, especially for honey ants.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlukurlangu Artists","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51393484914912,"sku":"2860\/25","price":639.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/4240\/files\/GeraldineLangdon61x61cm2860-252500.jpg?v=1776084029","url":"https:\/\/artark.com.au\/products\/geraldine-napurrurla-langdon-ngurlu-jukurrpa-native-seed-dreaming-61x61cm","provider":"ART ARK® ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}