- Title: Kunj Djang – Kangaroo – Sold
- 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
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.
(Kangaroo Dreaming)The artist has painted Kunj Djang or Kangaroo Dreaming. The species of kangaroo is kandakidj or kawoyak, a red male and his skin is Napangardi/Nakodjok. This kangaroo is significant to the Yirritja moiety men as he takes Lorrkon (hollow log or coffin) business from Panidja, in the Jim Jim area in Kakadu National Park to Kununulken in the stone country that belongs to the artist, many kilometres away. There is a place called Panidja that belongs to the Dreaming, which is a public place that can be visited by men, women and children.
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