PAINTING OF THE WEEK

Painting of the Week: My Country by Yukultji Napangati

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Size: 1220 mm × 2000 mm | Code: 9595 |
Available now at Mandel Aboriginal Art Gallery

Price: $42,000.00 
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This week’s Painting of the Week features a remarkable large-scale work by celebrated Indigenous artist Yukultji Napangati. Titled My Country, this powerful painting reflects the artist’s deep spiritual and ancestral connection to her homeland in the Western Desert.

About the Artist
Yukultji Napangati is a highly respected Aboriginal artist associated with the Papunya Tula movement. Her works are rooted in the sacred narratives and landscapes of her Country, carrying stories passed down through generations.

Her distinctive style is recognised for its intricate dot work, subtle tonal variations, and carefully structured compositions. Through thousands of precisely placed dots, Yukultji creates meditative surfaces that shimmer with movement and depth, symbolising sandhills, rock holes, and the sacred sites of her ancestral land. Her paintings are visual expressions of memory, survival, and enduring cultural identity.

Featured Painting
My Country (1220 mm × 2000 mm) is an impressive statement piece that showcases Yukultji Napangati’s mature and refined artistic language. The expansive canvas is layered with rhythmic dotting that forms undulating patterns across the surface, evoking the vast desert terrain and its spiritual energy.

The composition reflects both physical geography and cultural knowledge, mapping sacred sites and pathways connected to her homeland. The delicate shifts in tone create a sense of light, movement, and atmospheric depth, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in the timeless presence of Country. This work embodies continuity, resilience, and profound connection to land.

Gallery Experience
Visitors are warmly invited to experience the living tradition of Indigenous art-making and to engage with artworks that carry generations of cultural knowledge and storytelling.

📍 Pickup available: 673 Heidelberg Road, Alphington VIC 3078
🕒 Usually ready: 2–4 days

📞 Phone: 03 9497 5111
📧 Email: info@mandelartgallery.com.au