Elizabeth Kunoth Kngwarray
Artwork title: Yam Seeds
Medium: Synthetic polymer on linen
Size: 150 cm x 120 cm
$10,000
About the Artwork
Elizabeth Kunoth Kngwarray paints the leaf, seed and flower of the Bush Yam, a tuber plant important for food and medicine. She shows the wind moving through the yam plant in a series of tiny, coloured flicks of paint that undulate across the surface creating a captivating sense of movement. Elizabeth is the daughter of Nancy Petyarr, one of the celebrated Petyarr sisters widely recognised as important painters of the Utopia region, N.T. Elizabeth lives at Iylenty (Mosquito Bore) and has been a finalist in the Wynne Prize, John Leslie Art Prize, Alice Prize, Blake Prize and Ravenswood Women's Prize.
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About the Artist
Elizabeth Kunoth Kngwarray is a senior artist from Utopia, N.T. and lives at Iylenty (Mosquito Bore). Elizabeth has been painting since 2005 and was named a finalist in the Wynne Prize for Landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for the third time this year.
Elizabeth paints the Leaf, Seed and Flower of the Bush Yam, a tuber plant important for food and medicine, in a series of tiny coloured flicks that undulate across the canvas. In her paintings, she shows the wind moving through the yam plant, producing a beautiful and captivating sense of movement.
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art has represented the artist since 2007. She is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide as well as the Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, NSW.