Name: Lulu Laradjbi
Language: Kuninjku
Community: Maningrida
Biography:
Lulu Laradjbi is a senior fibre artist born in 1949. Her partner was the acclaimed bark painter Mick Kubarkku. His waterhole djang which he passed on to her often features in her work. Expansive and innovative in scale and composition, Lulu's oeuvre is also inspired her totem the stringray and the yawk yawk spirit being from her country.
Ngalkodjek Yawkyawk This artwork depicts the Ngalkodjek Yawkyawk of Barrihdjowkkeng country. “This story is very old. That old man [my father Crusoe Kuningbal] when he was alive, told that story to me, to all of us. Read more…
Mandirrhbinj (Cracked Mud) This painting depicts the mandirrhbinj (cracked mud) near Barrihdjowkkeng outstation in the Tomkinson River district of central Arnhem Land. The billabong there is known for the many frogs which inhabit its marsh-like Read more…