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  • Title: Nayuyungi – First People
  • Artist: Bardayal Nadjamerrek
  • Region: Arnhem Land
  • Art Centre: Injalak Arts and Crafts
  • Medium: Etching
  • Collection: Kunwarrde Bim – Injalak Hill Suite
  • Dimensions: 19 x 14 cm
  • Edition Size: 40
  • Price ($AUD): $ 2,800, available as part of the Injalak Hill Suite

Artwork Story

Notes:
This print is available only as part of the Injalak Hill Suite of 12 prints. The folio price is $2,800.

Kunwarrde Bim (Stone Country Painting) is a collection of etchings by nine artists from Injalak Arts and Crafts in Western Arnhem Land. The x-ray images are based on ancient rock art at Injalak Hill, which overlooks the community of Oenpelli.

 

The artist has painted Nayuyungi – the first people. They were the first humans and are the ancestors of the present day bininj (Aboriginal people from the region). Nayuyungi learned everything they needed to know from mimi spirits who taught them bush skills such as hunting and what food to eat, ceremony and painting.

 

These prints and the process undertaken demonstrate a tangible link between Binninj (Aboriginal people of the region) their land, art and culture. Unbroken links survive over the millennia, between an ancient life and the contemporary setting which continues to inform its people. Perhaps the final word should go to Gabriel Maralngurra, “we want to help balanda (white people) to understand, that rock art is part of our culture, then and now”.

 

© Injalak Arts and Crafts 2006

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