Dianne Ungukalpi Golding
Dianne Ungukalpi Golding
Pinirnpa (Ant Bed)
Tjanpi (native grass), bush dyed raffia, L72cm x W62cm x H62cm, 2022
Pinirnpa (Ant Bed) honours the early days of fibre arts practice in the Ngaanyatjarra region, when mothers, aunties and grandmas of the exhibiting artists began experimenting with coiled basketry and bush dyeing. These works tell a story of the quiet beauty of the expansive Ngaanyatjarra Country that is home, capturing the organic shapes and soft colours of the landscape through natural dying and manipulation of coiling technique. Native barks, leaves and tree roots were collected to hand-dye material incorporated into the artwork. The resulting gentle variations of colour capture the exquisite colours found across the artists’ homelands. Paying homage to the pioneering fibre artists, Pinirnpa celebrates the intergenerational sharing of knowledge and skills, technique and form, interlaced with a deep and significant connection to Country and culture.
Dianne Ungukalpi Golding is an artist belonging to the Ngaanyatjarra language and cultural group in WA. She lives with her family in Warakurna where she has made her baskets for a number of years, having first learnt from relatives in Warakurna. She enjoys experimenting with different shapes and says “ some long like piti (wooden dish), some round like the sun”. She has since made a number of sculptural pieces drawing inspiration from the animals on Ngaanyatjarra Lands, like the camp dogs in the community or the goannas or rabbits hunted out bush.