Ginger Riley Munduwalawala
(Australia circa 1936–01 Sep 2002)
- Language group
- Marra, Gulf region
- Title
- Ngak Ngak, from the portfolio Crossroads
- Place of origin
-
Ngukurr →
South East Arnhem Land →
Northern Territory →
Australia
- Year
- (1997)
- Media category
- Materials used
- screenprint
- Edition
- 10/99
- Dimensions
-
43.0 x 59.0cm image; 56.0 x 76.0cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed l.l. corner, pencil "GINGER RILEY". Not dated.
- Credit
- Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund for Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1999
- Accession number
- 62.1999.5
- Copyright
- © Estate Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, Courtesy of Alcaston Gallery
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The white-breasted sea eagle, ngak ngak, is often shown singly or as a repeated image in Ginger's work; he acts as sentinel looking around Ginger's mother's country.
Ginger believes his country is inhabited by totemic beings, in the form of snakes, birds, and ancestral people. Past and present integrate. The ceremonies, as they are performed and explained, establiseh his kinship with this country.
Ginger treats his totems, in the western sense, as heraldic devices. His stories are his own, but the written interpretation is ours.
[extract from "Crossroads - A Portfolio of Australian Aboriginal Artists"]
- Bibliography (1)
-
Crossroads: Millennium Portfolio of Australian Aboriginal Artists 1999, 1999, colour illus..
- Exhibition history (2)
-
Crossroads: Millenium Portfolio of Australian Aboriginal Artists, Sherman Galleries, 18 Feb 1999–06 Mar 1999.
Another Country, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Jul 1999–02 Apr 2000.
