Australian Aboriginal Art Comes To Cafe Parkvillan

Exhibition Artists

Munupi:
Jacqueline Puruntatameri
Josephine Burak
Winnifred Puruntatameri

Warlukurlangu:
Agnes Nampijinpa Fry
Sabrina Napangardi Granites
Alfreda Nungarrayi Martin
Elsie Napanangka Granites
Patrick Japangardi Williams
Emily Nampijinpa Hudson
Leston Japaljarri Spencer
Debbie Napaljarri Brown
Valerie Napanangka Marshall
Walter Jangala Brown

Ikuntji:
Linda Ngitjanka
Molly Jugadai
Zakius Jack
Virginia Ngalaia
Gordon Butcher
Anmanari Nolan
Kathleen Whiskey
Colleen Kantawarra
Keturah Zimran
Joseph Zimran
Susie Lane
Roseranna Larry

Exhibition Paintings List

MUNUPI

 

Artist: Winnifred Puruntatameri

Pwoja Jilamara

Size: 120 x 80 cm

Ochre on Linen

Price: SEK 8000

 

Artist: Nina (Ludwina) Puruntatameri

Kulama Design

Size: 80 x 30 cm

Ochre on Linen

Price: SEK 6200

 

Artist: Josephine Burak

Kulama Design

Size: 90 x 70 cm

Ochre on Linen

Price: SEK 6800

 

Artist: Josephine Burak

Kulama Design

Size: 120 x 80 cm

Ochre on Canvas

Price: SEK 8150

 

Artist: Josephine Burak

Kulama Design

Size: 100 x 100 cm

Ochre on Linen

Price: SEK 8600

 

Artist: Jacqueline Puruntatameri

Pwoja Jilamara

Size: 90 x 70 cm

Ochre on Linen

Price: SEK 5350

 

WARLUKURLANGU

 

Artist: Leston Japaljarri Spencer

Warna Jukurrpa (Snake Dreaming)

Size: 91 x 61 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 4850

 

Artist: Patrick Japangardi Williams

Mina Mina Jukurrpa

Size: 183 x 91 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 17500

 

Artist: Alfreda Nungarrayi Martin

Ngapa Jukurrpa

Size: 61 x 61 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 3220

 

Artist: Walter Jangala Brown

Tingari Cycle

Size: 183 x 76 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 14150

 

Artist: Debbie Napaljarri Brown

Wanakiji Jukurrpa (Bush Tomato Dreaming)

Size: 91 x 61 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 4850

 

Artist: Valerie Napanangka Marshall

Wanakiji Karnta Jukurrpa (Women’s Dreaming)

Size: 91 x 91 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 7200

 

Artist: Sabrina Napangardi Granites

Mina Mina Jukurrpa (Mina Mina Dreaming)

Size: 107 x 61 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 5700

 

Artist: Emily Nampijinpa Hudson

Yarungkanyi Jukurrpa (Mount Doreen Dreaming)

Size: 91 x 61 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 4850

 

Artist: Agnes Nampijinpa Fry

Jurlpu kuja kalu nyinami Yurntumu-wana (Yuendumu Birds)

Size: 91 x 91 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 7200

IKUNTJI

Artist: Linda Ngitjanka

Alkipi Country

Size: 101x91cm

Acrylic on Linen

Price: SEK 8450

 

Artist: Molly Jugadai

Napaltjarri Sisters

Size: 121x91cm

Price: SEK 10750

 

Artist: Molly Jugadai

Kaarkurutuinytja (Lake MacDonald)

Size: 165 x 121 cm

Acrylic on Linen

Price: SEK 23000

 

Artist: Zakius Jack

Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay)

Size: 182 x 137 cm

Acrylic on Belgian Linen

Price: SEK 26000

 

Artist: Keturah Zimran

Puli (Rock) Stack Memorial

Size: 183 x 91 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 19000

 

Artist: Virginia Ngalaia

Mungada (Bush Tucker)

Size: 183x137cm.

Acrylic on Linen

Price: SEK 17000

 

Artist: Gordon Butcher

Cockatoo Tjukurrpa

Size: 136 x 71 cm

Acrylic on Linen

Price: SEK 7500

 

Artist: Anmanari Nolan

Mulpu – Bush Mushroom

Size: 183 x 77 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 19000

 

Artist: Kathleen Whiskey

Kakalyalya Tjukurrpa – White Cocky Dreaming

Size: 100 x 100 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 8600

 

Artist: Zakius Jack

Wilkinkaarra – Lake Mackay

Size: 60 x 80 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 5000

 

Artist: Colleen Kantawarra

Yalka – Bush Onion

Size: 60 x 90 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 4550

 

Artist: Keturah Zimran

Puli Puli – Rocks

Size: 40 x 60 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 1950

 

Artist: Joseph Zimran

Waru – Bushfire Dreaming

Size: 20 x 20 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 900

 

Artist: Susie Lane

Bushflowers and seeds

Size: 50 x 90 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 3800

 

Artist: Keturah Zimran

Puli Puli – Rocks

Size: 60 x 60 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 4550

 

Artist: Roseranna Larry

Janyanpartinya

Size: 50 x 90 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

Price: SEK 3800

 

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.