Peter Marralwang
Peter Marralwanga was one of the most influential Kuninjku
artists of his generation. He started to paint in the
1970s, relatively late in his life. He was a close friend
of Yirawala and, at the beginning of the outstation
movement, they established a camp at Marrkolidjban,
where they often worked together. Yirawala taught Marralwanga
how to translate his ceremonial knowledge into painting
for an outside audience. The income Marralwanga gained
from painting was important to the economic independence
of the outstation. His spirit of inventiveness inspired
the next generation of artists including Jimmy Njiminjuma,
John Mawurndjul and Marralwanga’s sons Ivan Namirrkki
and Samuel Namunjdja. |
