Munggurrawuy Yunupingu
(Australia circa 1907–12 Apr 1979)
- Language group
- Gumatj, Arnhem region
- Title
- Lany'tjung - Banaidja Story
- Other titles:
- Laindjung - Banaidja myth Lany'tjung - Barama myth
- Place of origin
-
Yirrkala →
North-east Arnhem Land →
Northern Territory →
Australia
- Year
- 1960
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
-
107.3 x 58.4cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
- Accession number
- IA28.1960
- Location
- 20th & 21st c Australian art
- Further information
Munggurrawuy Yunupingu's bark paintings are complex, many layered narratives pertaining to the creation of the Gumatj homelands in north east Arnhem Land. The diamond shaped miny’tji (sacred clan designs) are distinctive to Yirritja moiety artworks. In these paintings, the journeys and actions of ancestor beings are revealed, accompanied by motifs representing the transformation they wrought up on the landscape, such as the smoke and ash of fires, footprints, thunderclouds and rain.
- Exhibition history (5)
-
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Mar 1961–23 Apr 1961.
Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997.
Bulada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 23 Aug 1997–14 Dec 1997.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
The Dreamers (2009-10), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 09 May 2009 -.
