Recent prints from Warmun Arts (May 2008)
Twenty
new etchings reflect the vibrant ochres of the artists of Warmun,
Western Australia. In all, 12 Warmun artists collaborated with Monique
Auricchio at Basil Hall Editions.
Blandina Barney has painted Gumbubayin, the river heading across her father Gordon Barney's country towards a hill called Gulungurren. In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) the crocodile and the goanna swapped their teeth in this country.
Other artists featured in the collection include Evelyn Malgil, Gabriel Nodea, Katie Cox, Lena Nyadbi, Mabel Juli, Madigan Thomas, Marietta Bray, Marissa Kingsley, Sade Carrington, Seanne Peters, Shirley Purdie and Marika Patrick.
Warmun prints are on show at Nomad Art from 5-30 May
Image: Dayiwul Jimbirla Ngarrangkarni by Lena Nyadbi, part of a new collection of etchings from Warmun Arts in Western Australia reflecting the vibrant ochre colours and the artist’s cultural associations with the Kimberly landscape.
View the Warmun artwork on the online gallery >>
