 Bobby Nganjmirra Assisted by son Alex "Yawk Yawk Spirits" Cat No. 9541 Size = 75 x 105 cm. Ochres on arches paper |
 Bobby Nganjmirra Assisted by son Alex "Barramundi Dreaming" Cat No. 9542 Size = 75 x 105 cm. Ochres on arches paper |
Born: 1915 Died: 1992 Region: Western Arnhem Land Community: Gunbalanya [Oenpelli] Country: Kumarrderr (Gumadeer), Marlwon Language Bloc: Bininj kunwok Language: Kunwinjku Local Group (clan): Djalama Social Affiliations: Yirritja moiety, Nawakadj subsection Medium/ Form: Bark painting, rock painting, ochres on rock, ochres on bark Collections: Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council, held by the National Museum of Canberra. Artbank, Sydney. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Australian Museum, Sydney. Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia. Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW. Desert Rose Restaurant, Yulara Complex, Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park. Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. Museum of Contemporary Art, Arnotts Collection, Sydney. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth. The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, U.S.A. Exhibitions: 1984, The First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin 1984/85, Kunwinjku Bim, Western Arnhem Land Paintings from the collection of the Aboriginal Arts Board, National Gallery of Victoria 1985, The Second National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin 1986, The Art of the First Australians, Kobe City Museum, Japan 1986, The Third National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin 1988, Aboriginal art of the Top End, c.1935-Early 1970s, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 1988, Yolngu, Aboriginal cultures of north Australia, The Royal Pavillion, Art Gallery & Museums, Brighton, United Kingdom. 1989, Aboriginal Art: The Continuing Tradition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 1990, Balance 1990: views, visions, influences, Queensland Art Gallery, QLD 1990, Spirit in Land, Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land, National Gallery of Victoria 1990, The Seventh National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin Select Bibliography: Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council,1979, Oenpelli Bark Painting, Ure Smith, Sydney. (C) Allen, L., 1975, Time Before Morning: Art and Myth of the Australian Aborigines, Thomas Crowell Company, New York. Brody, A., 1984, Kunwinjku Bim: Western Arnhem Land Paintings from the Collection of the Aboriginal Arts Board, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.(C) Caruana, W., 1993, Aboriginal Art, Thames and Hudson, London. (C) Groger-Wurm, H., 1977, 'Schematisation in Aboriginal bark paintings.' In Ucko, P. (ed.), Form in Indigenous Art, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra. Hill, M., and McLeod, N.,1984, From the Ochres of Mungo, Aboriginal Art Today, Dorr McLeod Publishing, West Heidleberg, Victoria. (C) Isaacs, J., 1984, Australia's Living Heritage, Arts of the Dreaming, Lansdowne Press, Sydney. (C) Isaacs, J., 1989, Australian Aboriginal Paintings, Weldon Publishing, New South Wales. Norton, F., 1975, Aboriginal Art, Western Australian Art Gallery Board with the assistance of the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council. Ryan, J., 1990, Spirit in Land, exhib. cat., National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. 1990, Balance 1990: Views, Visions, Influences, exhib. cat., Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. (C) Sydney Morning Herald, 12/6/1992 (Artists seek aid for legal action). Sydney Morning Herald, 12/6/1992 (Aboriginal art in a spin over row). 1994, Kunwinjku Art from Injalak 1991-1992, The John W. Kluge Commission, Museum Arts International Pty. Ltd., North Adelaide. © Discovery Media, Documentation Pty Ltd, and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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