Draft:Barayuwa Munuŋgurr

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Barayuwa Munuŋgurr
Born1980
Yirrkala, Northern Territory (Northern Arnhem Land)
OccupationArtist
SpouseWhaiora Tukaki
ChildrenKaya Munuŋgurr
Parent
  • Beŋgitj Ŋurruwutthun (mother)
RelativesDula Ŋurruwutthun (Mother’s Brother), Wonggu Mununggurr (Paternal Grandfather), Djimbaryun Ŋurruwutthun (Maternal Grandfather), Patrina Munuŋgurr (Sister)
FamilyGupa-Djapu clan

Barayuwa Munuŋgurr (Born in 1980[1]; also known as Djirkurrul, Gulukurru,[2] Munuŋgurr is also sometimes spelled Mununggurr) is a Yolŋu (also written Yolngu) artist and craftsman of the Gupa-Djapu Clan.[1] He and his wife, Whaiora Tukaki, work at the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Center in Yirrkala in Northern Arnhem Land.[3]

Life[edit]

Munuŋgurr was born in Wandawuy outstation, near Caledon Bay, Yirrkala, Northern Territory[2] and raised in Wän̲d̲a (also called Wän̲d̲awuy), the homeland of the Djapu clan.[4] He is the grandson of Wonggu Mununggurr and Djimbaryun Ŋurruwutthun[4] and while is of the Dhuwa Moiety through his father in the Djapu clan, he is also a custodian of the designs and Songlines from of the Munyuku and Lamamirri of the Yirritja moiety, an inheritance from his mother, Beŋgitj Ŋurruwutthun.[4]

Art[edit]

Barayuwa Munuŋgurr is most recognized for his artwork depicting stories from the Munyuku clan through Yothu Yindi — the Yolŋu Matha term for the custodial relationship a person has with their mother clan.[5] He has focused on the ancestral stories tied to the Yarrinya saltwater estate, featuring the story of the hunting and murder of their ancestral whale called Mirinyuŋu by spirit brothers of the clan.[4] His artwork about Yarrinya, a sacred site in Blue Mud Bay, plays with the surface qualities of the water through intricate miny’tji patterns, obscuring the knives of the brothers, turned to the sharp marine reefs of the sacred site.[2] This technique of submerging significant meaning under complex designs and patterns is referred to as buwayak, and since 2013 this has become a characteristic part of his work.[2] Reoccurring figural elements in works with this theme include whale bones,[6] saltwater and its associated sacred designs, knives/sharp reefs, and octopus. His paintings are on Eucalyptus tetrodonta bark, painted with natural pigments using marwat, or a traditional fine line paintbrush made with human hair.[4]

Barayuwa’s Yarrinya paintings as a major representative of the Munyuku clan stories are featured in the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection’s Mad̲ayin exhibition, an indigenous-led retrospective on the eighty year history of Yolngu bark painting conceived by Djambawa Marawili and curated by Wukun Wanambi and Yinimala Gumana.[4]

Working as a long-time staff member at Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Munuŋgurr developed a skill for painting by touching-up the works of other artists at the art center[3]. He was soon encouraged to paint his own works due to his steady hands and aptitude for mark making, and began with small barks, soon scaling up to much larger projects.[4] He is known for his interest in innovation, being an early adopter of the Found movement, in which Yolŋu artists embrace aluminum signs as a “found on the land” medium for their works.[1] Aside from traditional bark painting and aluminum etching, other media Mununggurr has been known to work in include printmaking,[7] woodworking, and sculpture,[8] as well as making traditional instruments (yidaki, bilma), tools (galpu, gara)[2] and ḻarrakitj (or memorial poles).[9]

Munuŋgurr has collaborated with artist Ruark Lewis since 2009[10], resulting in several exhibitions: Rambangi: Together as Equals at Northern Center for Contemporary Art[11] as well as Living Waters at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco in June 2016 in which Barayuwa covered the fiberglass whale on permanent display with patterns from his Yarrinya paintings.[12]

Since 2013, Munuŋgurr has been a finalist the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art awards (NATSIAA), MAGNT Darwin[3]

Exhibitions[edit]

Solo Exhibitions

  • First solo show was at Indigenart in Perth in 2009[3]
  • Yarrinya — New works from Barayuwa Munuŋgurr, Outstation Gallery, August 2015.[13]
  • Hidden Foundation — Barayuwa Munungurr, Outstation Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory Australia.[5]
  • Yarrinya, Sullivan+Strumpf Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia (2024)[14]

Group Exhibitions

  • Young Guns II, Annandale Galleries (2008)
  • Ruark Lewis: Survey Part ll - Collaborations (1987 -2013) (with Barayuwa Mununggurr and Jonathan Jones), Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney (2013)
  • Primavera 2014: Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, (2014)[15]
  • Rambangi: Together as Equals, Northern Center for Contemporary Art (2015)[11]
  • Eaux Vivantes Living Waters, the Oceanographic Museum Monaco, Summer 2016[12]
  • The Inside World: Contemporary Aboriginal Memorial Poles from the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection [9] (2019-2020).
  • Murrnginy a Story of Metal From the East (August 7th - Sept 25th 2021)[1]
  • Mad̲ayin: Waltjan̲ Ga Waltjan̲buy Yolnuwu Miny'tji Yirrkalawuy (Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting From Yirrkala), Kluge-Ruhe Collection at the Fralin Museum of Art, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A. (2024)[4]

Collections[edit]

Munuŋgurr’s work is featured in several notable collections:
Artwork Title Date Medium Collection Citation
Manbuynga 2015 graphic film on wall and MDF Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia [8]
Yarrinya 2019 Collagraph and silkscreen Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia [7]
Yarrinya 2019 Natural Earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. [16]
Yarrinya 2017 Natural Earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. [17]
Yarrinya 2015 Natural pigments on board. Art Gallery of New South Wales [18]
Yarrinya 2018 Natural pigments on a hollow-log memorial pole Art Gallery of New South Wales [18]
Yarrinya 2020 Aluminium, metalworking, sculpture Naala Badu, Yirbana Gallery, Art Gallery of New South Wales [18]
Yukuwa 2013 Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark National Gallery of Australia [19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Ward, Matt; Johnstone, Paul (2021). Murrnginy a Story of Metal From the East. Parap, Northern Territory, Australia : Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, 2021. p. 142. ISBN 9780646842448.
  2. ^ a b c d e Pinchbeck, Cara. "Barayuwa Munuŋgurr". Museum of Contemporary Art. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "BarayuwaMunuŋgurr | BUKU-LARRŊGAY MULKA CENTRE". Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Wan̲ambi, Wukun̲; McDonald, Kade; Skerritt, Henry F.; Blake, Andrew; University of Virginia, eds. (2022). Maḏayin: Waltjan̲ ga Waltjan̲buy Yolnuwu Miny'tji Yirrkalawuy = Eight decades of Aboriginal Australian bark painting from Yirrkala. Charlottesville: Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. pp. 178–182. ISBN 978-1-63681-055-3.
  5. ^ a b Stubbs, Will (2022-07-28). "Hidden Foundation - Barayuwa Munungurr". Outstation - Aboriginal Art. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  6. ^ Yirrkala artists In Gallery. Retrieved 2024-05-05 – via www.youtube.com.
  7. ^ a b "Yarrinya | MCA Australia". www.mca.com.au. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  8. ^ a b "Manbuynga | MCA Australia". www.mca.com.au. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  9. ^ a b Skerritt, Henry F.; Nevada Museum of Art; Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History; Fralin Museum of Art; Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, eds. (2019). The inside world: contemporary Aboriginal Australian memorial poles from the Debra and Dennis Scholl collection. [Reno] : Munich ; New York: Nevada Museum of Art ; DelMonico Books·Prestel. ISBN 978-3-7913-5816-1.
  10. ^ Mclean, Ian. "Convivial futures: The relational art of Ruark Lewis". Art Monthly Australia (26): 17.
  11. ^ a b Paull, James (Oct 2015). "Coincident lines: Ruark Lewis and Barayuwa Mununggurr at the Northern Centre for Contemporary Art". Art Monthly Australasia (284): 58–59. ProQuest 1717447110 – via Proquest.
  12. ^ a b Eaux Vivantes = Living Waters. Doubleview, WA : The Bridge Australia. June 2016. ISBN 9780646957777.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  13. ^ "Yarrinya - New works from Barayuwa Munuŋgurr" (PDF). Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  14. ^ "Sullivan + Strumpf". www.sullivanstrumpf.com. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  15. ^ "Barayuwa Munungurr | Primavera 2014: Young Australian Artists | Exhibitions | MCA Australia". www.mca.com.au. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  16. ^ "Yarrinya | Yarrinya". Kluge-Ruhe: Madayin. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  17. ^ "Yarrinya | Yarrinya". Kluge-Ruhe: Madayin. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  18. ^ a b c "Works by Barayuwa Munuŋgurr | Art Gallery of NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  19. ^ "Barayuwa Munungurr, Miwat people - Yukuwa - Search the Collection, National Gallery of Australia". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

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