Doreen Reid Nakamarra
Doreen Reid Nakamarra | Pintupi/Ngaatjatjarra people | Australia 1955-2009 | Untitled (Marrapinti) 2008 | Synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Purchased 2009 with funds from the Bequest of Grace Davies and Nell Davies through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation | Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | © Doreen Reid Nakamarra, 2008. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney, 2011
Across Country: Five Years of Indigenous Australian Art from the Collection | 5 November 2011 — 21 October 2012 | GOMA | Free admission
This painting is associated with the rock hole site Marrapinti, west of Pollock Hills in Western Australia. The lines depict the creek at the site and the surrounding sandhills. Women camped at this site during their travels east, and while at the site, made nose bones — also known as marrapinti. Upon completion of the ceremonies at Marrapinti, the women continued their travels toward Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay). Dotted lines of alternating colours give an impression of pinnacles of sand dunes rolling across a composite sand and stone desert.
