Lukarrara Jukurrpaby Valentine Nakamarra White

Lukarrara Jukurrpa means Desert Fringe-Rush Seed Dreaming. This Dreaming belongs to the Nakamarra and Napurrurla women and the Jakamarra and Japurrurla men of Yuendumu. The Dreaming is associated with a place called Jaralypari, which is north of Yuendumu Community in Central Australia. Lukarrara is a grass with edible seeds. The seeds are ground down to make a flour, water is added and used to make damper cakes to be cooked and eaten. In traditional Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is often used to depict the story of women collecting and making the flour at Jaralypari. In this artwork Valentine has depicted digging sticks and wooden food carriers using traditional iconography. The large concentric circles represent the site of Jaralypari.

Artist:Valentine Nakamarra White
Title:Lukarrara Jukurrpa
ID:383-18
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
Size:30 x 30 cm
Region:Yuendumu, Central Australia

Artist

Valentine Nakamarra White comes from Yuendumu Community, approximately 3 hours from Alice Springs in Central Australia. Valentine works closely with the Warlukurlangu Art Centre based in Yuendumu. Valentine's artworks depict her Dreaming - Desert Fringe-Rush Seed or in Warlpiri Lukarrara Jukurrpa. Her artworks are usually filled with bright colours with the use of traditional iconography to depict the story she is telling.

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