Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri
Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri
Born	circa 1926; Walungurru (Kintore), Northern Territory, Australia
Died	16 August 1998 (aged 71–72); Alice Springs, Australia
Other names	Japaltjarri, Old Mick Namarari, Numieri, Namari, Numerari, Namarari

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri (c. 1926 – August 16, 1998), was one of the most important painters to emerge from the Western Desert.

From the Pintupi language group, Mick Namarari was one of the foundation artists of the movement that emerged in Papunya Tula. White school teacher Geoffrey Bardon considered him one of eight artists whose efforts at the foundation of the movement were particularly interesting. The others were Old Walter Tjampitjinpa, Kaapa Tjampitjinpa, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, Tim Payungka Tjapangati, Charlie Tarawa Tjungurrayi and Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula.^[1]

From early figurative works, he moved on to creating large geometric designs that typified Papunya Tula art in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In the 1990s he began producing "minimalist" paintings that depicted the imprint of a kangaroo in the sand, the seeds that the marsupial mouse feeds upon, or the aftermath of hailstorms in the desert.

He died in Alice Springs in 1998.

Collections

Awards

Australia Council for the Arts

The Australia Council for the Arts arts funding and advisory body for the Government of Australia. Since 1993, it has awarded a Red Ochre Award. It is presented to an outstanding Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal Australian or Torres Strait Islander) artist for lifetime achievement.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1994	himself	Red Ochre Award	Awarded

References

^ Bardon 1999, p. 47.

Bibliography

Bardon, Geoffrey (1999). Papunya Tula: Art of the Western Desert. Adelaide: J.B. Books. ISBN 0958699860.

External links

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

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https://alecohalloran.com/ See Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri's authorised biography, The master from Marnpi.

[FOOTNOTEBardon199947-1] Bardon 1999, p. 47.

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Institutions	Araluen Cultural Precinct Contemporary Indigenous Australian art Hermannsburg School List of Indigenous Australian art movements and cooperatives National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Papunya Tula
Significant places	Alice Springs, Northern Territory Balgo, Western Australia Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory Kintore, Northern Territory Papunya, Northern Territory Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia Utopia, Northern Territory Yuendumu, Northern Territory
Artists: women	Wawiriya Burton Josepha Petrick Kemarre Tjungkara Ken Lucy Napaljarri Kennedy Emily Kame Kngwarreye Barbara Mbitjana Moore Betty Muffler Doreen Reid Nakamarra Narputta Nangala Ada Andy Napaltjarri Biddy Rockman Napaljarri Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri Eileen Napaltjarri Helen Nelson Napaljarri Kitty Pultara Napaljarri Linda Syddick Napaltjarri Louisa Napaljarri Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri Mona Rockman Napaljarri Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri Nora Andy Napaltjarri Norah Nelson Napaljarri Parara Napaltjarri Peggy Rockman Napaljarri Sheila Brown Napaljarri Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri Takariya Napaltjarri Tjunkiya Napaltjarri Topsy Gibson Napaltjarri Valerie Lynch Napaltjarri Wintjiya Napaltjarri Makinti Napanangka Dorothy Napangardi Pansy Napangardi Naata Nungurrayi Gloria Petyarre Kathleen Petyarre Nancy Petyarre Minnie Pwerle Maggie Napaljarri Ross Margaret Scobie Barbara Weir Ruby Tjangawa Williamson Yaritji Young
Artists: men	Hector Burton Albert Namatjira Tiger Palpatja Wenten Rubuntja Paddy Japaljarri Stewart Anatjari Tjakamarra Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra Kaapa Tjampitjinpa Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri Timmy Payungka Tjapangati Yannima Tommy Watson
Major works	Earth's Creation Gulgardi Warlugulong

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