Also Known As: Durrurrnga
Born: 1936
Died: Sept 2016
Region: Central Arnhem Land
Community: Ramingining
Outstation: Guruwarna
Language: Liyagalawumirri
Local group: Birritjama
Social Affiliation: Dhuwa moiety, Gamarrang subsection
Subjects: Fish trap, wedu, Gurruwana story, water lily, remu – spangled perch or Saratoga, crow
Medium: Carved and painted hollow log coffins, ochres on Bark, woomera, carving, material culture items
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Collection:
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
[work attributed]
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.
Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany.
Milingimbi Collection, MECA, Milingimbi Educational and Cultural Association.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Ramingining Collection, Sydney.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Exhibitions:
Group Exhibitions:
1984, Objects & Representations from Ramingining, Power Institute [now MCA], Sydney;
1986, The Third National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the NT, Darwin;
1988, Sydney Biennale.;
1990, Keepers of the Secrets, Aboriginal Art from Arnhemland, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth;
1992, Crossroads-Towards a New Reality, Aboriginal Art from Australia, National Museums of Modern Art,
Kyoto and Tokyo;
1994, Larrtha’puy-from the Mangroves, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Bibliography:
Mundine, D., 1995, ‘The food chain starts here: Larrtha’puy – from the mangroves’, Artlink, Vol. 15, No. 1,
46-47;
O’Ferrall, M., 1990, Keepers of the Secrets, Aboriginal Art from Arnhemland in the Collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. (C) ;
Tweedie, P., 1985, This My Country, A View of Arnhem Land, William Collins Pty Ltd, Sydney.
Discovery Media, Documentation Pty Ltd, and the Australian
Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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