Wumali Joan Nagomara

b. 1953

30 x 43cm

Signed Wumali Joan Nagomara

Catalogue : 635/04

Wumali has depicted a Tjukuṟrpa (Dreamtime) story for the country named Liwarri which is found south of Balgo near Wilkinkarra (Lake McKay). During the Tjukuṟrpa a large group of women rose out of the ground through the soakwaters depicted. The women began to perform the dances for this country, represented by the rows of dots.

Balgo art is known for its vibrant colour and bold compositions, and these qualities have transferred effectively to the medium of glass. Warlayirti Artist Balgo is the first Indigenous art centre to work in fused coloured glass. For the artists working with the coloured glass, frit and rod, is like creating glass ‘paintings’.

These works show their skills as artists as they effortlessly move into the medium of glass and create works of exceptional quality. Each glass work is catalogued, has its unique catalogued number and the artist’s name engraved on the underside.

Selected glass works have been successfully exhibited at the Fremantle Art Centre, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Framed Gallery, Darwin, Galerie DAD, France.