Gulumbu Yunupingu b. 1 January 1945

Also known as Djotarra
  • Artist (Painter)
Using distinctive white and black crosses on a red ground, Yogngu artist Gulumbu Yunupingu (1945-2012) painted Garak, the starry universe, on barks and poles. She came to national prominance when she won the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award (2004), and to international prominence with her scaled-up version of Garak for the Musee du quai Branly (2006).
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exhibited at
Mother to Daughter: On Art and Caring for Homelands
Date
30 April 2015 - 16 June 2015
Place
The Cross Art Projects, 8 Llankelly Place, Kings Cross, Sydney, 2011, Australia
Description

Mother to Daughter: On Art and Caring for Homelands celebrates leading women painters and their daughters at the renowned Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre at Yirrkala, a small Aboriginal community on the northeastern tip of the Top End. Presented by The Cross Art Projects and Buku–Larrnggay Mulka Centre.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Future Feminist Archive, The Cross Art Projects
Website
http://crossart.com.au/home/index.php/archive/274-mother-to-daughter-on-art-and-caring-for-homelands

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