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Title
Yirrkala drawings
Type
Text
Contribution
Pinchbeck, Cara, Editor
Blake, Andrew (Sculptor) Contributor
Morphy, Howard Contributor
Stanton, John E. Contributor
Art Gallery of New South Wales Contributor
Queensland Art Gallery Contributor
Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane, Qld.) Contributor
Subject
Drawing, Aboriginal Australian--Northern Territory--Yirrkala--Exhibitions.
Yolngu (Australian people)--Art--Exhibitions.
Berndt, Ronald M. (Ronald Murray), 1916-1990--Art collections--Exhibitions.
Berndt, Catherine H. (Catherine Helen), 1918-1994--Art collections--Exhibitions.
Berndt Museum of Anthropology--Exhibitions.
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Language
English
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
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Classification
LCC: NC370.Y57 Y57 2013
Summary
In 1946-47 the senior ceremonial leaders of the Yirrkala region produced 365 vibrant crayon drawings on paper for the anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt. Held by the Berndt Museum of Anthropology at the University of Western Australia, the works have never been shown in any great number. In an unexpected palette of brilliant red, blue, yellow, green and black, they depict in exquisite detail the complexities of Yolngu life and cultural inheritance. They include works by those who became leading artists, including Mawalan and Wandjuk Marika, Munggurrawuy Yunupingu, Narritjin Maymuru and Wongu Mununggurr. The descendants of these artists continue to produce artworks, and a selection of these will also be displayed.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
Authorized Access Point
Pinchbeck, Cara, Yirrkala drawings