Name: Lucy Yarawanga
Language: Gurrgoni
Community: Maningrida
Biography:
Bulanjdjan Lucy Yarawanga is an experienced Gurr-goni multidisciplinary artist. She works extensively through Bábbarra Women’s Centre, employing both lino and screen printing techniques, with her textile designs often referencing her ancestral stories, including various depictions of Bawáliba (Djinkarr spirit woman). Lucy’s painting style, like her personality, is bold and to the point. As well as her native Gurr-goni language – one of the least commonly spoken languages in Arnhem Land, Lucy also speaks another eight Maningrida languages.
Bamagora A ‘bamagora’ is a Burarra word for a traditional woven tent-like structure. A bamagora was woven to create a shelter for a child or adult when sleeping.
Warraburnburn In Burarra and Gun-nartpa languages the figure represented in this artwork is generally known as a wangarra ‘ghost spirit’. For the Warrawarra clan ghost spirits have their own particular characteristics and their own name – Warraburnburn. The Warraburnburn Read more…
