John Mawurndjul
(Australia 1952– )
- Language group
- Kuninjku, Arnhem region
- Title
- Mardayin design
- Place of origin
-
Maningrida →
Central Arnhem Land →
Northern Territory →
Australia
- Year
- 2004
- Media category
- Materials used
- etching, 'Maningrida brown' ink on white BFK Rives Moulin du Gué wove paper
- Edition
- 6/20
- Dimensions
-
25.0 x 24.7cm platemark; 50.2 x 32.5cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r. beneath platemark, pencil "JOHNNY". Not dated.
- Credit
- Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund for Contemporary Aboriginal Art 2005
- Accession number
- 4.2005.3
- Copyright
- © John Mawurndjul/Maningrida Arts and Culture. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This work by the artist concerns a major patrimoiety ceremony of a secret and sacred nature called 'Mardayin'. Much of the meaning of the iconography in the print is not in the domain of public knowledge and so it cannot be explained in detail here.
The etching refers to a site, Kakodbebuldi, which is an outstation in Dangkorlo clan estate in the Mann River region. Kakodbebuldi is a Mardayin ceremony performance site and is located on a large billabong covered in waterlillies. This place is about 50km south of Maningrida in Central North Arnhem Land.
© Maningrida Arts & Culture 2004
- Exhibition history (1)
-
The Dreamers (2009-10), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 09 May 2009 -.
