For the Elders
An exhibition in celebration of the theme of NAIDOC Week 2023 with barks, works on paper and paintings in ochre and acrylic by senior artists from Arnhem Land, Mornington Island, Central Australia, the Western Desert, the Pilbara, the APY lands and the Kimberley.
Each of the 19 exhibiting artists is a senior cultural leader of high degree. All have made outstanding artistic contributions to recording, maintaining and preserving their culture for future generations.
Highlights include:
• Senior Ernabella artist Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM's text-based painting that details the Seven Sisters Story relating to her Mount Connor traditional homeland
• Detailed figurative barks by leading Maningrida artist Ivan Namirrkki which strikingly combine the ancient and the contemporary
• Rare works relating the travels of two creation sisters, by Kunmanara (Tjariya) Stanley who worked with ethnographers Charles Mountford and others from the 1940s in recording such stories for posterity
• Martumili Artists Bugai Whyoulter's striking 3 metre painting Kalpa, portraying the Country where she and her family lived traditionally during the pujiman (bush) days. This painting was created specially (and reproduced in the catalogue/book) for the groundbreaking exhibition We Don't Need A Map which toured Australia's public galleries for 3 years,
• Works on paper by the late Mulkun Wirrpanda from Yirrkala as seen in the public gallery touring exhibition Midarr-Harvest; Mulkun Wirrpanda and John Wolseley
• Winner of this year's Sulman Prize, Doris Bush Nungurrayi's Bush Mangarri Tjuta painting commissioned as one of 6 to feature in the Art Gallery of South Australia's 2020 Tarnanthi exhibition
Exhibiting artists
Alison Munti Riley, Amy Loogatha, Betty Bundamurra, Billy Benn Perrurle, Bugai Whyoulter, Djul'djul Gurruwiwi, Doris Bush Nungarrayi, Emily Cullinan, Emily Pwerle, Ivan Namirrkki, Jeannie Millls Pwerle, Kunmanara (Pantjiti) Lionel, Kunmunara (Tjariya) Nungalka Stanley, Maringka Burton, Mulkun Wirrpanda, Muluymuluy Wirrpanda, Ned Johns, Samuel Miller, Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM.
Exhibition current to July 17
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Alison Munti RileyAra Irititja, Nganampa Ngura, 2019acrylic on canvas83 x 169 cm
32 5/8 x 66 1/2 in -
Amy LoogathaNyinyilki, 2018acrylic on canvas121 x 152 cm
47 5/8 x 59 7/8 in$ 2,700.00 -
Amy LoogathaMy Country, 2018acrylic on canvas122 x 91 cm
48 1/8 x 35 7/8 in$ 2,400.00 -
Betty BundamurraChindi River - Wildlife, 2019ochres on paper56 x 76 cm (image size)
22 1/8 x 29 7/8 in
Framed$ 1,900.00 -
Billy Benn PerrurleHarts Range, 2011acrylic on linen20 x 30 cm
7 7/8 x 11 3/4 in$ 1,200.00 -
Bugai WhyoulterKalpa, 2010acrylic on canvas125 x 300 cm
49 1/4 x 118 1/8 in$ 21,800.00 -
Bugai WhyoulterKunawarritji, 2012acrylic on linen76 x 152 cm
29 7/8 x 59 7/8 in -
Djul'djul GurruwiwiDhatam, 2022earth pigments on stringybark99 x 53 cm
39 x 20 7/8 in$ 5,800.00 -
Djul'djul GurruwiwiDhatam, 2022earth pigments on stringybark130 x 84 cmSold
51 1/8 x 33 1/8 in -
Doris Bush NungarrayiPapa Tjukurrpa, Nyumannu, 2017ink on Arches paper (unframed)57 x 76 cm
22 1/2 x 29 7/8 in$ 1,200.00 -
Doris Bush NungarrayiBush Mangarri Tjuta, 2021acrylic on linen152 x 91 cm
59 7/8 x 35 7/8 in$ 4,600.00 -
Emily CullinanAnanyi Ngura (Travelling Country), 2022acrylic on linen152 x 122 cmSold
59 7/8 x 48 in -
Emily PwerleAwelye - Women's Ceremony, 2022acrylic on linen100 x 150 cm
39 3/8 x 59 in$ 4,500.00 -
Ivan NamirrkkiMimih Spirit, 2022ochre on stringybark93 x 42 cm
36 5/8 x 16 1/2 in$ 2,500.00 -
Ivan NamirrkkiKinga (Crocodile), 2022ochre on stringybark158 x 56.5 cm
62 1/4 x 22 1/4 in$ 5,900.00 -
Jeannie Mills PwerleYam Dreaming, 2022acrylic on linen90 x 200 cm
35 3/8 x 78 3/4 in$ 4,700.00 -
Maringka BurtonAnamaruku Tjuta (Many Caterpillars), 2022acrylic on linen122 x 101 cm
48 x 39 3/4 in$ 3,300.00 -
Mulkun WirrpandaRakay , 2016Wood block on paper: MULBERRY 25 gsm (136 x 71cm) (unframed)102 x 38 cm
40 1/8 x 15 in143-16 20/30$ 2,200.00 -
Mulkun WirrpandaRakay, 2016etching on handmade stringybark paper (framed)54.5 x 28.5 cm (paper size)
21 1/2 x 11 1/4 in147-16 20/30Sold -
Muluymuluy WirrpandaBuḻwutja, 2020earth pigments on stringybark108 x 72 cmSold
42 1/2 x 28 3/8 in -
Ned JohnsSugarbag Dreaming, 2002Kimberley ochres on canvas100 x 140 cm
39 3/8 x 55 1/8 in6,900.00 -
Pantjiti LionelPiltati, 2011acrylic on canvas51 x 76 cmSold
20 1/8 x 29 7/8 in -
Samuel MillerNgayuku Ngura (My Place) , 2023acrylic on canvas122 x 122 cm$ 4,900.00
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Tjariya Nungalka StanleyMinyma Kutjara, 2010acrylic on canvas100 x 170 cm
39 3/8 x 66 7/8 in -
Tjariya Nungalka StanleyMinyma Kutjara Irrunytju, 2014acrylic on canvas61 x 121 cm
24 1/8 x 47 5/8 in$ 2,800.00 -
Tjunkaya TapayaKungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters), 2018acrylic on canvas122 x 152 cm
48 1/8 x 59 7/8 in$ 4,700.00
