Artiste : Baluka Maymuru

Titre de l'œuvre : Yiŋapuŋapu

Format : 144 x 58 cm

Pigments naturels sur écorce d'eucalyptus

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigene de Yirrkala

Explications sur cette peinture :

Baluka is an artist of truth. His art is of high integrity, solemn intent and most often hauntingly beautiful. In making his art he sees little distinction between realms of his sacred cultural practice and that of the art world. He is quite experienced in both, his artistic work layered with huge amounts of information contained in symbolic form. Baluka is the head man for the Maŋgalili and resides when he can at his homeland of Djarrakpi. His father was the great Nanyin, older brother of Narritjin who established the outstation for the Maŋgalili at Djarrakpi.

This designs in this piece are tied to the saltwater estate and ritual focal point at Djarrakpi, the home of Baluka and his clan. This beautiful place is located on the Northern entrance of Blue Mud Bay on the Western coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria. It has its founding origins in the times of the first sunrises by the Guwak (a people, 2 men, a koel cuckoo) and a messenger in the form of ringtail possum called marrŋu. The koel at Djarrakpi made roost atop the Marawili (native cashew tree) and Marrŋu made his mark for the Maŋgalili clan by scratching into its trunk. Behind the massive coastal dunes, there is also a lake of freshwater and at the back of these dunes is said to reside the powerful maternal figure of Nyapaliŋu. She wore a possum fur string girdle crossing her chest; the levy bank of the lake was also of the same masculine and sacred fur, a great long shank.

His artworks could be find in the following prestigious collections :
Berndt Museum, University of Western Australia, Perth WA
Charles Darwin University Art Collection
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth WA
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. USA
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin NT
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne VIC
National Museum of Australia, Canberra ACT
RMIT University Art Collection
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle USA
The Collection of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
The Collection of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Canberra ACT
The Kelton Foundation Collection, Santa Monica, USA
The Laverty Collection, Sydney NSW
Wayne and Vicki McGeogh Collection

Référence de la peinture : 1031-21

© Photo & text : Aboriginal signature with the courtesy of the artist, & Buku-Larrngay Mulka.

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