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MB057404

Ilyarnayt (Acacia Flower)

Lily Lion Kngwarreye

Lily Lion Kngwarreye

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Medium
Acrylic on Canvas
Size
120 x 60cm
Year Painted
2021
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Ilyarnayt (Acacia Flower)

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Artist Profile

Lily's work has featured in several group exhibitions since 1977, including show…

Artist Profile

Artist Profile

Lily Lion Kngwarreye
Born:

1964

Language Group:

Alyawarre

Country:

Ngkwarlerlaneme and Arnkawenyerr, Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Medium:

Acrylic on Canvas and Linen, Batik on Silk

Subjects:

Ilyarnayt (Acacia Flower), Alhepalh (Acacia Shrub), Bird, Country, Camp Scene, Rainbow Dreaming, Tharrkarr (Sweet Honey Grevillea), Ceremonial Man, Dog, Footballer

Lily's work has featured in several group exhibitions since 1977, including shows at Utopia Art, Sydney; the Orange Regional Gallery; the Austral Gallery, St Louis, USA; the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin; and the Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs. Lily was part of the Robert Holmes à Court exhibition of batik. Lily generally paints using very fine dot work or brush strokes.

COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
The Holmes à Court Collection, Perth, WA
Mbantua Gallery Collection, Alice Springs, NT
EXHIBITIONS
1977
Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, NSW
1989
Utopia Women's Paintings, the first Works on Canvas, A Summer Project, 1988-1989, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1990
Utopia - A Picture Story, an Exhibition of 88 works on Silk by Utopian artists, Holmes à Court Collection, toured Eire and Scotland
1991
8th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
1993
10th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2002-2004
Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions
2004-2006
Evolution of Utopia - opened by the Honorable Robert Hill, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
2008
Emily and Her Legacy, Hillside Gallery with Coo-ee Art Sydney, Tokyo, Japan
REFERENCES
Brody, A.
(1989) Utopia Women's Paintings The First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project 1988-89, exhib.cat., Heytesbury Holdings, Perth, WA
Brody, A.
(1990) Utopia: a Picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, Heytesbury Holdings, Perth, WA
Wallace, D., Desmond, M. and Caruana, W.
(1991) Flash Pictures, exhib. Cat., National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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Artist Name, Artwork Size, Medium, Year Painted,

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Artist Name:
Lily Lion Kngwarreye
Artwork Size:
120 x 60cm
Medium:
Acrylic on Canvas
Year Painted:
2021
Title:
Ilyarnayt (Acacia Flower)
Free Shipping Worldwide!:
This painting on canvas will be shipped in a cylinder to you free of charge, worldwide! An option to have this painting 'stretched' onto a wooden frame may be available. If selected, further charges will apply and will be calculated at checkout.

Description

All of Lily's Dreamtime stories belong to her country, Ngkwarlerlaneme and Arnkawenyerr. This painting is inspired by the Dreamtime story of the Ilyarn or Ilyarnayt, a rare and attractive plant growing throughout Central Australia.

This plant is particularly favoured for the abundance of edible grubs living in the roots, known simply as Ilyarnayt, and also its seeds (Ntang Ilyarnayt) which are collected, ground into a paste and used for making damper (bread).

Located at
Mbantua Alice Gallery