MARGARET NANGALA GALLAGHER

Original Acrylic Painting On Linen

Title: Yankirri Jukurrpa (Emu Dreaming)

Image Size: 30 x 30

Frame Size: 35 x 35

Condition: Good - Refer Images Ready To Hang. Warlukulangu Artists.

Margaret Nangala Gallagher Was Born In 1967 In Alice Springs Hospital, The Closest Hospital
To Yuendumu, A Remote Aboriginal Community 290 Km From Alice Springs In The Nt Of
Australia. She Is The Daughter Of Pauline Napangardi Gallagher, An Artist Who Has Been
Painting With Warlukurlangu Artists Since 2005. Margaret Attended The Local Yuendumu
School But Shortly After Moved To Nyirripi With Her Family. Margaret Still Lives In Nyirripi, An
Aboriginal Community 160 Kms West Of Yuendumu. She Is Single And Has One Sister And
Three Brothers. Margaret Has Been Painting With Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation
Since 2007.
In Her Work, Margaret Depicts A Site Of The Yankirri Jukurrpa (Emu Dreaming) Is At
Ngarlikurlangu, North Of Yuendumu. The ‘Yankirri’ (Emu) Travelled To The Rockhole At
Ngarlikurlangu To Find Water. In Contemporary Warlpiri Paintings Traditional Iconography Is
Used To Represent The Jukurrpa, Associated Sites And Other Elements. Emus Are Usually
Represented By Their ‘Wirliya’ (Footprints), Arrow-Like Shapes That Show Them Walking Around
Ngarlikurlangu Eating ‘Yakajirri’ (Bush Raisins). In The Time Of The Jukurrpa There Was A Fight At
Ngarlikiurlangu Between A ‘Yankirri’ Ancestor And Wardilyka (Australian Bustard) Ancestors
Over Sharing The ‘Yakajirri’. There Is Also A Dance For This Jukurrpa That Is Performed During
Initiation Ceremonies. This Jukurrpa Story Belongs To Jangala/Jampijinpa Men And
Nangala/Nampijinpa Women.


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