Dhaagun – Ashes In the continuation of “Garraba – Body,” I present “Dhaagun – Ashes,” a meditation on the cyclical nature of existence and the connection between all forms of life. This piece delves deeper into the essence of our being, exploring the concept of matter and energy as infinite, Read more…
Minhi Yiray Minhi (sisters) in the yiray (sun) hanging out all together.
Warm Turtle Turtle sunning himself in shallow warmer water. Sun beaming down.
Celestial Deep Tiny matter particles existing in multiple states at once. Superposition entangled over distances.
Untitled This painting is a collaborative work between Dadda Samson and her granddaughter Judith Anya Samson. It is an area of their country east of the Community of Jigalong, where the artists are from. While growing up at Jigalong mission Dadda returned to her ngurra (home Country, camp) most weekends Read more…
Wak Wak This painting depicts a sacred site at ‘Kurrurldul’, an outstation south of Maningrida. The ‘rarrk’, or abstract crosshatching, on this work represents the design for the crow totem ancestor called ‘Djimarr’. Today this being exists in the form of a rock, which is permanently submerged at the bottom Read more…
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 and the closely related Galabarrbarr spirit (owned by the Balkarranga clan) are also manikay song Read more…
Nawarlah – Brown River Stingray We hunt the Nawarlah (Brown River Stingray) during the wet season. There is a plant with a yellow flower that tells us that it is the right time. We know it will be fat. It is well known that Aboriginal art often depicts images of Read more…
Nawarlah – Brown River Stingray We hunt the Nawarlah (Brown River Stingray) during the wet season. There is a plant with a yellow flower that tells us that it is the right time. We know it will be fat. It is well known that Aboriginal art often depicts images of Read more…
Nawarlah – Brown River Stingray We hunt the Nawarlah (Brown River Stingray) during the wet season. There is a plant with a yellow flower that tells us that it is the right time. We know it will be fat. It is well known that Aboriginal art often depicts images of Read more…