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Barbara Reid / Women's Dreaming

Cat. No. P9404
AUD 8,800

Acrylic on Linen, 2004
120 x 180 cm

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Barbara Reid Napangarti

Born:                                  12/4/1962
Skin Name:                        Napangarti
Region:                              Gibson Desert, W.A
Community:                       Tjukurla
Language:                         Ngaanyatjarra

Subjects and Themes:
(Dreaming)                         Minyma Tingari (Tingari Stories), Women’s Ceremony

Barbara commenced painting in 1987. She was born at Paaya near Tjukurla which is situated at the edge of a large salt lake, Lake Hopkins near the Western Australia – Northern Territory border.

In painting Minyma Tingari, Barbara describes the journey of the Tingari women who, with the Tingari men, travelled vast distances across the land creating laws and rituals and shaping particular sites during the Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime).

The sacred stories (minyma) and songs are the spiritual foundation on which Barbara bases her paintings.

Barbara incorporates many Dreaming sites in her paintings. They include sandhills, rock holes, water soakages and landforms found throughout her country. It is at these sacred sites that the women narrated their Dreamtime stories through song lines, dance cycles and body paint.

Barbara’s paintings are held in major galleries in Australia and overseas. Her works are keenly sought by collectors around the world.

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