Shirley Macnamara: Dyinala, Nganinya

Shirley Macnamara: Dyinala, NganinyaShirley Macnamara is a mid career Indigenous artist whose sculptures made from spinifex grass are an expression of the western Queensland country where she lives and works. Macnamara has family connections throughout Spinifex Country, a region named for the hardy, stringy grass that covers its rich soil, and she distils her rich and complex life experiences into sculptures that are not only contemporary but also honour cultural resonances from the

Barefoot fabrics are hand spun

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HEART NOTES: Jasmine sambac

there were no motorcars then

and X Museum (Beijing)

are within the fantasies of the “good life

Through a practice of painting hard-edged and refined compositions depicting urban and suburban landscapes

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Dimensions: 12cm diameter

it includes original written content and conversations with the artists

artists and art of the Kimberley

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