BUKU-LARRŊGAY MULKA CENTRE | BUKU-LARRŊGAY MULKA CENTRE

Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre is the Indigenous community controlled art centre of Northeast Arnhem Land located in Yirrkala, a small Aboriginal community, approximately 700km east of Darwin.

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Today (25/2) is your last chance to see Wanapati Y

Today (25/2) is your last chance to see Wanapati Yunupiŋu’s works @melbourneartfair presented by @tolarno Galleries. Thanks to everyone who has visited for a chat and to the team at Tolarno for such and electric and energetic presentation of Wanapati’s works.

If you have missed out you can always head over to the @ngvmelbourne to view his incredible work as part of the NGV Triennial, it’s on the second floor!

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Wanapati Yunupingu on fire @melbourneartfair @tola

Wanapati Yunupingu on fire @melbourneartfair @tolarno gallery

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Wanapati Yunupiŋu will present his second major b

Wanapati Yunupiŋu will present his second major body of works @melbourneartfair tomorrow with @tolarno gallery. Wanapati has travelled down to Melbourne to open the show. Head over to @melbourneartfair for ticket information.

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Dhopiya Yunupiŋu presents her second solo exhibit

Dhopiya Yunupiŋu presents her second solo exhibition Djärritjarri - The woven cloth @sullivanstrumpf Melbourne. Dhopiya will make the long journey to open the show this Friday the 23rd 6-9pm at the Collingwood gallery. More info⬇️

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NAARM/MELBOURNE | Now open in the gallery and online: Dhopiya Yunupiŋu’s ‘Djärritjarri - The Woven Cloth’.

Standing tall in the gallery space are two larrakitji (memorial poles), painted with the intricate cross hatched line work that is this exhibition’s most significant motif. Yunupiŋu’s works are inspired by her knowledge and connection to Makassan traders, the Indonesian fisherman with whom the Yolŋu people had a rich relationship for hundreds of years. The detailed line work on these larrakitji speak to the material history of this relationship, to the textiles and sails that gave life to these journeys.

“I paint this flag, this sail, this material, the flag that was given to us by the Macassans. This flag is for Yolŋu and Macassans, this painting that I paint here, it is from the beginning, from a long time ago. From before we were born.” – Dhopiya Yunupiŋu

Pictured: Dhopiya Yunupiŋu, ‘Galiku’, 2023, natural earth pigments on bark, 292 x 32 cm and, ‘Galiku’, 2023, natural earth pigments on bark, 298 x 35 cm. Photography by Alberto Zimmerman.

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Our print of the week is ‘Bawu’ by Marrnyula M

Our print of the week is ‘Bawu’ by Marrnyula Munuŋgurr, picked by senior printmaker Bitharr Maymuru.

Bitharr said ‘I picked this print because it tells about the flags we use for ceremony, Bawu. This is the Madarrpa and Mangalili clan design. The white represents the clouds, and the blue represents the water. This blue comes from Blue Mud Bay in Bäniyala. This print was designed by my Mukul (Aunty) Marrnyula who worked at the Yirrkala Print Space before me’.

You can shop the limited edition prints made by our talented Miyalk in the #yirrkalaprintspace on our website at https://yirrkala.com/product-category/prints, or through the link in our bio.

Sincere thanks to all who attended the glittering

Sincere thanks to all who attended the glittering sold out exhibition Gaypalani and to our wonderful partners @michaelreidart but particularly to Gaypalani Waṉambi and her husband Djulkabuy Marawili and daughter Jerita for all her hard work and for making the long journey to attend.

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