Lupulnga, Women's Sacred Site 

Makinti Napanangka created "Lupulnga, Women's Sacred Site" using acrylic on canvas. The artwork has a rhythmic quality as bands of yellow and pink flow vertically across the canvas. A cluster of four oval shapes anchors the middle ground, while strong purple striations sit at the bottom, drawing our eyes to the base. The composition is deceptively simple. Napanangka destabilizes traditional landscape painting by rejecting a conventional horizon line. Instead, the artist uses a series of visual cues. Repeated brushstrokes act as a semiotic system that challenges fixed meanings. The alternating bands of color may represent the shifting sands and seasonal changes of the Australian desert. Napanangka’s use of abstraction is not just aesthetic but also a profound cultural statement. The painting invites a dialogue between Western art traditions and Indigenous knowledge systems. It reflects ongoing interpretations of land, culture and identity.