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Djirrirra is daughter and primary assisstant to National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards winner (1997) Yagarriny Wunumurra. read more
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Bark
The bark used for bark paintings is cut from the stringybark tree (Eucalyptus tetrodonta). The bark is cut from the tree during the Wet Season when it is moist and pliable, starting in December and going through until April or May.
The painter cuts around the trunk of the tree at the bottom and top then creates a incision down the tree, joining the two cuts together. This then allows the bark to be carefully seperated from the tree.
To flatten the bark, a fire is first made and burned down to hot coals of the right temperature. The wet bark is placed on the coals and pressed flat, with the outside rough surface in contact with the heat. Most of the moisture is driven out and the bark slowly unbends. The surface to be painted does not come into contact with the fire. The bark is then pressed flat for several days under weights. Finally, sticks are tied tightly across both ends with string in order to prevent warping. The surface is then ready to be painted.
The bark painters of Arnhem Land mainly work with four basic colours: red black, yellow and white, although sometimes the primary colours are mixed to give a pink, orange or grey. Red and yellows come from a variety of iron ochres including hematite, ironstone and limonite. White is generally gypsum or pipeclay and black is made from manganese ore or charcoal. The pigments are ground finely and mixed with water and vegetable fixatives. The most common natural fixative is the gum or resin from local trees. Nowadays the artists more frequently use a commercial acrylic binder.
Mundukul
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The Ancestral Lightning Snake Mundukul has residence in an area of flood plain that drains into Blue Mud Bay close to the Dhalwau saltwater site of Garraparra. read more
Buyku
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H: 156cm W: 61cm
Paintings of this nature have multiple layers of metaphor and meaning which give lessons about the connections between an individual and specific pieces of country (both land and sea), as well as the connections between various clans but also explaining the forces that act upon and within the environment and the mechanics of a spirit’s path through existence. read more
Buyku
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H: 136cm W: 45cm
Paintings of this nature have multiple layers of metaphor and meaning which give lessons about the connections between an individual and specific pieces of country (both land and sea), as well as the connections between various clans but also explaining the forces that act upon and within the environment and the mechanics of a spirit’s path through existence. read more
Minhala at Gångan
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Djirrirra is daughter and primary assisstant to National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards winner (1997) Yagarriny Wunumurra. read more
Yukuwa- Yam
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H: 132cm W: 38cm
Yukuwa is one of the names of the artist and Yukuwa is the topic of this work. read more
Gapu at Gangan
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H: 68cm W: 36cm
A sacred expanse of water behind the Gangan outstation where this work was produced is referred to as Gulutji. read more
Gapu at Gangan
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H: 86cm W: 55cm
A sacred expanse of water behind the Gangan outstation where this work was produced is referred to as Gulutji. read more
Gapu at Gangan
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H: 79cm W: 37cm
A sacred expanse of water behind the Gangan outstation where this work was produced is referred to as Gulutji. read more
Gapu at Gangan
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H: 61cm W: 116cm
A sacred expanse of water behind the Gangan outstation where this work was produced is referred to as Gulutji. read more
Minhala at Ga]ga]
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Djirrirra is daughter and primary assisstant to National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards winner (1997) Yagarriny Wunumurra. read more
Gangan to Baraltja
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H: 163cm W: 37cm
Paintings of this nature have multiple layers of metaphor and meaning which give lessons about the connections between an individual and specific pieces of country (both land and sea), as well as the connections between various clans but also explaining the forces that act upon and within the environment and the mechanics of a spirit’s path through existence. read more
Yukuwa
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H: 117cm W: 34cm
Yukuwa is one of the names of the artist and Yukuwa is the topic of this work. read more
Yukuwa
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H: 65cm W: 45cm
Yukuwa is one of the names of the artist and Yukuwa is the topic of this work. read more
Yukuwa
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H: 109cm W: 23cm
Yukuwa is one of the names of the artist and Yukuwa is the topic of this work. read more
Gangan to Baraltja
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H: 100cm W: 44cm
Paintings of this nature have multiple layers of metaphor and meaning which give lessons about the connections between an individual and specific pieces of country (both land and sea), as well as the connections between various clans but also explaining the forces that act upon and within the environment and the mechanics of a spirit’s path through existence. read more
Gapu at Gangan
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H: 145cm W: 58cm
A sacred expanse of water behind the Gangan outstation where this work was produced is referred to as Gulutji. read more
Wurran at Gangan
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H: 83cm W: 45cm
Djirrirra is the daughter of award winning artist (NATIAA ‘97) and law man Yagarriny Wunumurra c1932 - d2003. read more
Wurran at Gangan
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H: 90cm W: 36cm
Djirrirra is the daughter of award winning artist (NATIAA ‘97) and law man Yagarriny Wunumurra c1932 - d2003. read more
Buyku
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H: 138cm W: 42cm
This painting is one of four that was exhibited at ‘Cross Currents’ - Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, September 2007. read more
Gapu at Gangan
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A sacred expanse of water behind the Gangan outstation where this work was produced is referred to as Gulutji. read more
Yukuwa
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Yukuwa is one of the names of the artist and Yukuwa is the topic of this work. read more
Gapu at Gangan
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A sacred expanse of water behind the Gangan outstation where this work was produced is referred to as Gulutji. read more
Yukuwa
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Yukuwa is one of the names of the artist and Yukuwa is the topic of this work. read more
Buyku
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H: 136cm W: 45cm
Paintings of this nature have multiple layers of metaphor and meaning which give lessons about the connections between an individual and specific pieces of country (both land and sea), as well as the connections between various clans but also explaining the forces that act upon and within the environment and the mechanics of a spirit’s path through existence. read more
Gapu at Gangan
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H: 107cm W: 42cm
A sacred expanse of water behind the Gangan outstation where this work was produced is referred to as Gulutji. read more
Buyku
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H: 174cm W: 75cm
Artworks of this nature have multiple layers of metaphor and meaning which give lessons about the connections between an individual and specific pieces of country (both land and sea), as well as the connections between various clans but also explaining the forces that act upon and within the environment and the mechanics of a spirit’s path through existence. read more
Buyku
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H: 153cm W: 90cm
Artworks of this nature have multiple layers of metaphor and meaning which give lessons about the connections between an individual and specific pieces of country (both land and sea), as well as the connections between various clans but also explaining the forces that act upon and within the environment and the mechanics of a spirit’s path through existence. read more
Buyku
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H: 214cm W: 77cm
Artworks of this nature have multiple layers of metaphor and meaning which give lessons about the connections between an individual and specific pieces of country (both land and sea), as well as the connections between various clans but also explaining the forces that act upon and within the environment and the mechanics of a spirit’s path through existence. read more
Buyku
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H: 198cm W: 43cm
Artworks of this nature have multiple layers of metaphor and meaning which give lessons about the connections between an individual and specific pieces of country (both land and sea), as well as the connections between various clans but also explaining the forces that act upon and within the environment and the mechanics of a spirit’s path through existence. read more