Title
Gurtha
2009
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Yirrkala
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North-east Arnhem Land
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- 2009
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 166.0 x 102.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Aboriginal Art Collection Benefactors 2010
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 4.2010
- Copyright
- © Barrupu Yunupingu, Buku-Larrngay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala
- Artist information
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Barrupu Yunupiŋu
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About
Barrupu Yunupiŋu grew up at Yirrkala, attending the mission school. She trained and worked as a nurse at the Yirrkala clinic until its closure in 1975. When the Yirrkala printspace was commissioned she was one of the first women to complete works. Her works were included in the Printmakers first exhibition in Yirrkala in 1998 and she continues to produce works through this organisation.
In 2007 Barrupu began producing more bark paintings and following the success of her closest sister, Nyapanyapa, at her 2008 exhibition with Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Barrupu developed her signature style and began producing larger works. This painting was included in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin 2009.
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Places
Where the work was made
Yirrkala
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Barrupu Yunupingu (2009), Gallery Two, Yirrkala, 07 Aug 2009–14 Aug 2009
26th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (2009), Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 18 Aug 2009–25 Oct 2009
