'Wagilag' by Dorothy Djukulul, 2002
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- Type
- Paintings
- Date
- 2002
- Materials
- Ochre, Paint - non specific, Paper
- Collection
- Craig and Suzanne Wood collection no. 2
- Accession number
- 2021.0003.0008
Description
A red, yellow, black, brown and white natural ochres painting on paper. It depicts four figures surrounded by a spiral of footprints and cross-hatching. Outside the spiral is a lizard, a number of seed shapes, and two red rectangles containing cross-hatching. Across the top of the painting is a pattern of interlocked triangle shapes with cross-hatching. [The painting is currently mounted on a cream matt inside a dark brown wood frame.]
About the collection
The Craig and Suzanne Wood collection no. 2 comprises a total of 15 artworks, including acrylic and ochre paintings, prints and glass art. The collection includes emerging and established First Nations artists. They are all in good condition. All of the artworks were made in the 1990s and 2000s in remote art centres across Northern Australia, and were purchased from representing galleries in Canberra and Darwin. Some of the artists in this collection represent the first wave of female professional artists connected to a renowned art centre, such as the senior Pintupi female artists Ningura Napurrula, Naata Nungurrayi, Tjunkiya Napaltjarri and Mitjili Napurrula working out of the Papunya Tula art centre; other artists are significant because they are leading contemporary innovations into new media, such as Djirrirra Wunungmurra and her ochre on glass paintings. Collectively, all of the artworks complement our stong holdings of contemporary First Nations art.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 5:47:03 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-23. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.