hello,
This week I am looking at Eubena (Yupinya) Nampitjin, who is a well known painter in the Kimberly region, Western Australia. Born in the 1920's at Tjinjadpa, she speaks Wangkajungka and Kukatja languages and is one of the most esteemed law women in her community. She is known greatly to being one of the best artists of Balgo and with intricate complexity along with a love of the warm reds, oranges and yellows, these are said to be part of Eubena's signature. "Eubena has great spontaneity and strength in her painting, leaving rhythmical tracks across the canvas composed of thick layers of dotted lines."
I find Eubena's work more abstract than traditional Aboriginal artists as there is a feeling of softness to the painting, like shown below. Her paintings are vibrant and use free flowing shapes/lines to represent the land she paints.
b.mac
No comments:
Post a Comment