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Born 1959. Known for: Aboriginal painting.
Elsie Granites Napanangka born in 1959, is a respected and well established Indigenous artist from Yuendumu, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Yuendumu is one of the largest remote communities... Read full biography
Elsie Granites Napanangka born in 1959, is a respected and well established Indigenous artist from Yuendumu, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Yuendumu is one of the largest remote communities in central Australia and has a thriving community of Aboriginal artists, including Felicity... Read full biography
Elsie Granites Napanangka born in 1959, is a respected and well established Indigenous artist from Yuendumu, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Yuendumu is one of the largest remote communities in central Australia and has a thriving community of Aboriginal artists, including Felicity Robertson Nampitjinpa and the late Dorothy Napangardi. Yuendumu lies 293km northwest of Alice Springs on the Tanami Track in the Gibson Desert and is a community largely made up of the Warlpiri and Anmatyerr... Read full biography
Elsie Granites Napanangka born in 1959, is a respected and well established Indigenous artist from Yuendumu, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Yuendumu is one of the largest remote communities in central Australia and has a thriving community of Aboriginal artists, including Felicity Robertson Nampitjinpa and the late Dorothy Napangardi. Yuendumu lies 293km northwest of Alice Springs on the Tanami Track in the Gibson Desert and is a community largely made up of the Warlpiri and Anmatyerr Aboriginal people. Elsie’s paintings are based on the Dreamings of her custodial land “Mina Mina” the Country west of her birthplace in Yuendumu. Elsie paints in the minimalist black and white dotting style, similar to the late Dorothy Napangardi who... Read full biography
Elsie Granites Napanangka born in 1959, is a respected and well established Indigenous artist from Yuendumu, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Yuendumu is one of the largest remote communities in central Australia and has a thriving community of Aboriginal artists, including Felicity Robertson Nampitjinpa and the late Dorothy Napangardi. Yuendumu lies 293km northwest of Alice Springs on the Tanami Track in the Gibson Desert and is a community largely made up of the Warlpiri and Anmatyerr Aboriginal people. Elsie’s paintings are based on the Dreamings of her custodial land “Mina Mina” the Country west of her birthplace in Yuendumu. Elsie paints in the minimalist black and white dotting style, similar to the late Dorothy Napangardi who also painted “Mina Mina”. Elsie’s often monochrome depiction of “Mina Mina’ is an abstract representation of her Country, with each and every dot repr... Read full biography
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Elsie Granites Napanangka born in 1959, is a respected and well established Indigenous artist from Yuendumu, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Yuendumu is one of the largest remote communities in central Australia and has a thriving community of Aboriginal artists, including Felicity Robertson Nampitjinpa and the late Dorothy Napangardi. Yuendumu lies 293km northwest of Alice Springs on the Tanami Track in the Gibson Desert and is a community largely made up of the Warlpiri and Anmatyerr Aboriginal people. Elsie’s paintings are based on the Dreamings of her custodial land “Mina Mina” the Country west of her birthplace in Yuendumu. Elsie paints in the minimalist black and white dotting style, similar to the late Dorothy Napangardi who ...But wait, there's more...
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