Janangoo Butcher Cherel b. c.1920

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Janangoo Butcher Cherel was born around 1920. As a key elder of the Gooniyandi language group Cherel was instrumental in the revival and retention of law ceremony at Muludja community where he lived in his later years. In 2005 he was officially recognised as one of Western Australia’s State Living Treasures.

Citations

  • Karen Dayman (2006), ''Butcher Cherel Janangoo — Imanara’, Artlink, vol. 26, no. 4’.

  • Karen Dayman (2006), 'Janangoo Butcher Cherel, Ngarrangkarni, Raft Artspace, Darwin’.

  • Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency (1992), 'Butcher Cherel Janangoo, Gooniyandi x Kija, the Agency, Fitzroy Crossing, WA’.

  • Judith Ryan (1993), '‘Images of dislocation—the art of Fitzroy Crossing’, in Images of power, Aboriginal art of the Kimberley,’.

  • Ryan, Judith, Genevieve O’Callaghan, Mandy McGuire, Karen Dayman (2009), 'Gooni Ngarraggi’.

See also

  • Quentin Sprague and the Ian Potter Museum of Art (2011), 'Groundwork'.