England Banggala b. c.1920s

  • Artist (Painter)
England Banggala, a fully initiated elder, recorded the history and religion of his ancestors on bark and paper. Banggala was born at isolated Cadell River in south-central Arnhem Land, home of his An-nguliny clan and Gun-nartpa language speakers.
exhibited at
England Banggala: Water, Stone and Spirit Paintings 1999-2001
Date
26 May 2005 - 2 July 2005
Place
The Cross Art Projects, 8 Llankelly Place, Kings Cross, Sydney, 2011, Australia
Description

England Banggala’s late paintings focus on significant mythology interconnected over several sites: Djijapuny, the ancestral water snakes resembling Rainbow Serpents; Jingabardabiya, the traveling female water spirits who changed into triangular pandanus fibre mats at the sacred water hole; Boplinymarr and Lorrkon Djang (hollow funeral log Dreaming).

Type
Exhibition
Tags
The Cross Art Projects
Website
http://crossart.com.au/home/index.php/archive/232-water-stone-and-spirit-paintings-1999-2001-26-may-to-25-june-2005