Gulumbu yunupingu biography of rory

  • Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu is an Australian artist of the Gumatj people of Yirrkala who is recognised for her ground-breaking reinterpretation of traditional practice.
  • The astute observer will be delighted by the comparison to a 2007 rendition of Garak, the Universe by Gulumbu Yunupingu with its subtle color.
  • In addition to her art, Gulumbu Yunupingu was a senior elder and traditional healer.

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    The Grace of God

    Posted onFebruary 2, 2014byWill

    “How to paint the grace of God?” That is the surprising question with which Wally Caruana opens the essays that introduce this extraordinary compilation of Old Masters: Australia’s greatest bark artists (National Museum of Australia, 2013). A few years back, … Continue reading →

    Posted inArt, Books|TaggedArnhem Land, Bark Painting, Exhibition Catalogs, National Museum of Australia, Yolngu|

    There’s an App for That

    Posted onNovember 17, 2013byWill

    I bought my iPad about two and a half years ago, not long before my last trip to Australia.  It was the perfect solution to hauling half a dozen cheap paperbacks across the globe and discarding them in a series … Continue reading →

    Posted inArt, Books, Culture|TaggedCanning Stock Route, Exhibitions, Fiction, Games, iPad, iPhone, Language, National Museum of Australia, Yugambeh|

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    Vivid Songlines Sydney Opera House 2016

    The Songlines project was the first indigenous work commissioned exclusively for the sails of the Sydney Opera House, in the eighth year of the Vivid Festival, Sydney. The key utmaning for the 16-minute del av helhet was to re-create compositions for each artist that mapped onto the sails. Supplied with only photographs of the artworks, the brief was to to re-create each del av helhet and recompose it to work on the curved surface of the sails.

    Artists in Motion produced the show. We worked with AIM’s artistic directors on the ‘Gulumbu Yunupingu’ section, producing over 2 minutes of motion graphics using the artist’s iconic paintings.

    The del av helhet is a celebration of Australian Aboriginal spirituality and culture through the songlines of our nation and sky, rejoicing country through a pattern of sharing systems, interconnected history lines and trade routes. Curated bygd Rhoda robert, six indigenous artists of different clans, national

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    In June of 2006 I was lucky to be in Paris for the opening ceremonies of the Musée du quai Branly and the celebrations surrounding the unveiling of the Australian Indigenous Art Commission (AIAC).  Designs based on the works of eight Aboriginal artists were incorporated into the architecture of the museum’s administrative buildings, and a host of Australian dignitaries, art centre workers, artists, and admirers had gathered to honor the achievement.  Several days of festivities concluded with a reception at the Australian Embassy, when works from the collection of Melbourne gallerist Gabrielle Pizzi were on magnificent display.

    It was a week of art openings, dance, song, and most of all, speeches.  We heard the majesty of Aboriginal art celebrated in French and English, Pitjantatjara and Kuninjku.  They were wonderful, heart-warming, rousing, and celebratory by turns.  There was one among the many, though, that stood out.  It was delivered by someone whom I’d never heard of before,

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