Name: May Yamangarra
Language: Manharrngu
Biography:
Yamangarra was born in 1970 to father, renowned artist, David Malangi and mother Elie Ganbada. Yamannggara was taught the art of painting as a teenager, helping her father with the application of dots (white berries) on a Gunmirringu painting, and then gradually painting the background rarrk on her father’s works.
Baru Dhawu (Crocodile Story) Baru (the crocodile man), was from the Gumatj clan. People usually call him Gurdu Gurdu or Baru which means crocodile. He lived his life at a place called Yirrkala. Living near Read more…
Baru Dhawu (Crocodile Story) Baru (the crocodile man), was from the Gumatj clan. People usually call him Gurdu Gurdu or Baru which means crocodile. He lived his life at a place called Yirrkala. Living near Read more…
JB Fisher – Mewal This painting is about the story of the rock Mewal, that is the embodiment of the spirit man Mokuy who created the honey men/sugar bag tribe. In the story, Mokuy runs Read more…