Title
Merman
2016
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 2016
- Media categories
- Woodwork , Sculpture
- Materials used
- natural pigments, shells, shark vertebra and kurrajong bark on wood
- Dimensions
- 199.0 x 38.0 x 30.0 cm
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Aboriginal Art Collection Benefactors 2020
- Location
- North Building, ground level, Yiribana Gallery
- Accession number
- 166.2020
- Copyright
- © Guykuḏa Munuŋgurr
- Artist information
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Guykuḏa Munuŋgurr
Works in the collection
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About
Documentation for this work states;
“This work depicts a Merman which is completely the product of the artist’s imagination and bears no connection to Yolŋu Law or culture. When asked about the underlying meaning he denied any. He said: “It's just art.” The merman is sitting atop a blue ring octopus which is itself sitting on a rock.” -
Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Archie Plus, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Sep 2020–07 Mar 2021
Yiribana Gallery: opening collection display, Art Gallery of New South Wales, North Building, Sydney, 03 Dec 2022–29 May 2023
