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Birthdate: ca. 1910 in Ngarilyikirlunga, nördlich von Yuendumu
Language Group: Warlpiri
Darby Jampijinpa Ross is an important man in his Warlpiri community as well as in the history of the contemporary art movement. He was one of the initiators of the art movement at Yuendumu and one of the senior men who, in 1983, on the suggestion of the local teacher, painted their jukurrpa designs on the 27 doors of the school so that the children would be reminded of their original culture and history. This is reminiscent of the wall murals painted in the 70īs in Papunya. The doors were later acquired in 1995 for the art collection of the South Australian Museum in Adelaide. Darby Jampijinpa Ross´ artworks have been exhibited not only in all major Australian cities but also in e.g. New York, Chicago and Paris. His unique style, based on a free brush-stroke and complex surface texture, has remained constant although the paintings have become more detailed with time. His most important jukurrpa are of water, emus and wild turkeys, but he also interprets themes from the Flying Ant Jukurrpa for which his family is custodian in the Warlpiri country.
Paintings
(No. 66) (Sold)Liwirringki Jukurrpa (Lizard Jukurrpa), 1997
Acrylic on linen, 75,5 x 46 cm
This canvas depicts an area south-west of Yuendumu. A Jampijinpa man ("U" shape at the top left) has lit a fire to flush out liwirringki for hunting. The circles directly underneath depict the holes out of which the liwirringki run. Their tail marks join the circles together. The other circles depict the path this jukurrpa took from Ngarldindingi (center top), Yinjirrimardi, Malpinparnta, Kurrkarraparnta and Yajarlu (bottom). Long vertical lines represent tail marks from the Liwirringki Jukurrpa.
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