The Exhibition
Marana Gallery is proud to present this exhibition in Sweden of works from leading and emerging Warlukurlangu Aboriginal Australian artists.
Cafe Parkvillan
Per Brahes väg
185 93, Vaxholm
Sweden
Located 100m behind Bogesund Castle
Closed Midsommer weekend
Contacts
Sweden:
Maria Jäger Jones
+46 73 312 14 44
maria@maranagallery.com
Australia:
Andrew Jones
+61 419 880 350
andrew@maranagallery.com
Exhibition Artists
Warlukurlangu:
Pauline Napangardi Gallagher
Judith Nungarrayi Martin
Renelle Napanangka McCormack
Steven Jupurrurla Nelson
Valerie Napanangka Marshall
Gayle Napangardi Gibson
Tina Napangardi Martin
Samara Napaljarri Dickson
Lola Nampijinpa Brown
Justinna Napaljarri Sims
Theo Nangala Hudson
Maisie Napurrurla Wayne
Exhibition Paintings List
WARLUKURLANGU
Artist: Steven Jupurrurla Nelson
Janganpa Jukurrpa (Brush-tail Possum Dreaming)
Size: 91 x 91 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 9500
Artist: Pauline Napangardi Gallagher
Yankirri Jukurrpa (Emu Dreaming)
Size: 91 x 91 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 8500
Artist: Judith Nungarrayi Martin
Janganpa Jukurrpa (Brush-tail Possum Dreaming)
Size: 91 x 91 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 7900
Artist: Pauline Napangardi Gallagher
Mina Mina Jukurrpa (Mina Mina Dreaming)
Size: 107 x 107 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 12500
Artist: Pauline Napangardi Gallagher
Mina Mina Jukurrpa (Mina Mina Dreaming)
Size: 107 x 46 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 4300
Artist: Gayle Napangardi Gibson
Mina Mina Jukurrpa (Mina Mina Dreaming)
Size: 122 x 122 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 12500
Artist: Tina Napangardi Martin
Jinti-Parnta Jukurrpa (Edible Fungus Dreaming)
Size: 122 x 61 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 6200
Artist: Theo Nangala Hudson
Pikilyi Jukurrpa (Vaughan Springs Dreaming)
Size: 91 x 91 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 7500
Artist: Renelle Napanangka McCormack
Pikilya Jukurrpa (Vaughan Springs Dreaming)
Size: 61 x 61 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 3900
Artist: Valerie Napanangka Marshall
Karnta Jukurrpa (Women’s Dreaming)
Size: 76 x 61 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 4000
Artist: Maisie Napurrurla Wayne
Lukarrara Jukurrpa (Desert Fringe-rush Seed Dreaming)
Size: 46 x 46 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 2300
Artist: Lola Nampijinpa Brown
Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming)
Size: 91 x 91 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 7900
Artist: Judith Nungarrayi Martin
Janganpa Jukurrpa (Brush-tail Possum Dreaming)
Size: 76 x 61 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 4900
Artist: Steven Jupurrurla Nelson
Janganpa Jukurrpa (Brush-tail Possum Dreaming)
Size: 107 x 91 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 10000
Artist: Samara Napaljarri Dickson
Watiya-Warnu Jukurrpa (Vaughan Springs Dreaming)
Size: 76 x 76 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 5900
Artist: Lola Nampijinpa Brown
Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming)
Size: 122 x 91 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 13800
Artist: Justinna Napaljarri Sims
Yanjirlpirri or Napaljarri-Warnu Jukurrpa (Star or Seven Sisters Dreaming)
Size: 46 x 46 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Price: SEK 2200
A 50,000-year old Culture
Aboriginal or Indigenous Australians have long used art in its many forms for spiritual and cultural storytelling. Thought to be the world’s oldest continuous culture extending back around 50,000 years, this incredible ability to survive over time began with the ancient stories of Creation: The Dreaming or Jukurrpa. From a prehistoric period when great Ancestral Spirits shaped the land and created life, these stories describe a belief system and way of life that define Australia’s First Nations people.
While Jukurrpa shapes Aboriginals’ spiritually, morally and socially, it is their deep relationship with the land where all is sacred that has sustained their life and culture for so many millennia. “We cultivated our land, but in a way different from the white man.” says Tom Dystra, “We endeavoured to live with the land; they seemed to live off it. I was taught to preserve, never to destroy.”
Jukurrpa stories have long been kept private in secret rituals, rock and bark painting, carvings, sculpture and body painting and performed in songs and dances. This is Indigenous Australia’s heritage.
As Australian Aboriginal peoples have no written language – though at one point before British colonization in 1788 there were hundreds of different languages and dialects spoken – storytelling was expressed in the form of pictures and symbols.
It was not until the 1970s when the desert community of Papunya Tula first painted these images on canvas that the Contemporary Aboriginal Art Movement was born. Spreading to various regions throughout Australia, different styles emerged with the dot painting technique created to conceal ceremonial secrets. Even today artists need permission from community elders to paint a particular story. In remote communities, rural townships and capital cities, Indigenous Australians retain their infinite connection with their Jukurrpa.
They keep their cultural heritage alive through educating the younger generation. They strongly contribute in all facets of Australian society and continue their struggle to regain the respect, the rights and the dignity deserving of a proud people.
An Ethical & Supportive Approach
Fair trade with Indigenous Australian artists is our priority and being a supporter of the Indigenous Art Code is our guarantee that all of Marana’s artworks have been ethically sourced. Every painting is delivered with an Indigenous Art Code-endorsed Certificate of Authenticity guaranteeing fair and reasonable payment to the artist. All paintings also come with a biography of the artist. In most cases, a story of the artwork and photograph of the artist accompanies their work.
Most of our artists live in small communities. At the heart of these extremely remote villages are community art centres. Managed by Aboriginal-owned cooperatives, community art centres are a meeting place to share stories, discuss ideas and, of course, to paint.
Painting creates a good source of income for the artists while improving the standard of living in the communities and ensuring that the Jukurrpa or Dreaming stories are passed down to the younger generation. Community art centres also act to protect artists from receiving inadequate payment through undesirable trade, to develop emerging artists, and to work to increase Westerners understanding of this remarkable, ancient culture.
These centres provide Aboriginal Australia with a wide-ranging lifeline. They are an important hub for elders, artists and the younger generation. They fund cultural events and community initiatives while safeguarding fair payment for the artworks, directly distributing funds that equitably support the artist and their community.
In remote areas where employment opportunities are scarce, partnering with community art centres provides vital social and economic benefits. Profits not only put food on the table, they help preserve a proud peoples’ heritage. Every painting tells the story of an ancient culture; every purchase is ethical; every purchase supports the community and its future prosperity.
