- Title: Yumari (212-11)
- Artist: Isobel Major Nampitjinpa
- Region: Central Australia
- Art Centre: Papunya Tjupi Arts
- Medium: Silkscreen
- Collection:
- Dimensions: 42x60cm
- Edition Size: 25
- Price ($AUD): $ 310.00
Artwork Story
Isobel has depicted her Grandmothers country at Yumari which is between Kintore and Kirrikurra in Western Australia. Isobel shows the sand hills that surround Yumari. This is the site of a forbidden love story where a Napaltjarri women and a Tjangala man who are the wrong skin names for each other fall in love.
This print was made during workshops in collaboration with Cicada Press at the College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales. Papunya Tjupi has developed an ongoing working relationship Michael Kempson, the director of Cicada Press since it’s inception in 2007 through several work shops conducted both in Papunya and in Sydney. This relationship is part of a collaborative partnership of artistic and cultural exchange between the university and the Papunya Tjupi Art Centre. © Papunya Tjupi Arts