LORNA FENCER

Original Acrylic Painting On Linen

Title: Bush Potato Dreaming

Image Size: 125 x 80

Condition: Good - Refer Images Work In Progress Photos. Ready To Hang.

Acknowledged As One Of The Great Innovators Of The Warlpiri Art Movement From Lajamanu,
Lorna Napurrula Fencer Was Both A Fierce And Gentle Custodian Of Her Culture. She Painted
The Great Napurrula-Nakamarra Creation Stories From Her Brother’S Custodial Site At
Yurmurrpa. These Ceremonial Stories Re-Enact The Myths Of The Ancestors Who Dug Out The
First Yarla, Or Bush Potato, From The Earth Around The Underground Water Source At
Yurmurrpa.
Embedded In The Swirling Shapes Of The Bush Potato Leaves Are The “U” Shapes Of The
Napurrula And Nakamarra Women, Who Remain The Custodians And The Beneficiaries Of Their
Great Ancestors’ Achievements. The Travels Of Napurrula And Nakamarrra Kinship Or Skin
Groups Are The Inspiration For Lorna Fencer Napurrula’S Work, And She Was A Custodian Of
The Dreamings Associated With Bush Potato (Yarla), Caterpillar (Luju), Bush Onion, Yam, Bush
Tomato, Bush Plum, Many Different Seeds, And (Importantly) Water.
Lorna’S Mother’S Country Was Yumurrpa. This Is Where The Yarla (Yam Or Big Bush Potato)
Dreaming Track Begins On Its Travels North Toward Lajamanu. Her Father’S Country Was
Wapurtali, Home Of The Little Bush Potato. Before She Began Painting On Canvas In The Mid
1980S, Lorna Napurrula Fencer Painted On Traditional Women’S Coolamons And Digging
Sticks.
Lorna Napurrula Fencer Is Represented In The Australian National Gallery And National
Gallery Of Victoria, In State Galleries And Major Private Collections. In 2011 A Major Touring
Survey Exhibition Titled ‘Yulyurlu – Lorna Napurrula Fencer’ Travelled Around Australian
Institutional Galleries.


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