David Malangi

Born:                  1927   Central Arnhem Land
Died:                  27/6/99
Community Centre:      Ramingining
Outstation or Country: Dhamala, Dhabila; 
                       Yathalamarra, from mother
Language Bloc:         Djinang
Language:              Manyarrngu
Social Affiliations:   Djuwingi (=Dhuwa) 
Moiety:                Gamarrang subsection


Subjects and Themes:
Personal totems are Darrpa (King Brown snake), Djang'kawu/
Djang'kawu, Djang'kawu Sisters (associated with Dhamala),
white berry tree, death adder, Gurrumurringu the male spiritual
being (associated with Ngurrunguma). He also paints the Balmbi
clan story associated with Yathalamarra. Yathalamarra (Yirritja
country, from his mother) lagoon was created by the actions of
Burala (Diver Duck), Watu (Dog), Biyayngu and Bundul
(Ancestral women) and Muriyana [Murayana] (associated with
the hollow log ceremony).
Mangrove goannas, who hunt in and around the waterholes. Sea
snake, threadfin salmon, dhuwa catfish, Yirritja catfish,
Milminydjarrk waterhole, djanda- goanna, snake, emu, archer
fish, sea eagle, 


Awards/Grants/Commissions:
1982 Artist-in-Residence, Flinders University. 1983, June 18-29,
Artist-in-Residence, Tin Sheds, University of Sydney. 1984, Dug
out Canoe, carving, completed with his wives &  family, Museum 
of Contemporary Art, Sydney. 1987, Dug out Canoe, carving, 
Maritime Display, Sydney  Harbour. 1990, Ramingining Stories, 
Mural, Darwin GPO. 1991, Lions Haven for the Aged, practical 
painting  demonstrations, Queensland. 1991, Mobil Yathalamarra 
Collection, NT Museum/Mobil Oil [touring]1992, Memorial Award 
for Mawalan's eldest son, [Best artwork in open media] National
Aboriginal Art Award, Northern Territory Museum of Arts and 
Sciences, Darwin. 1993, Fourth Place, Traditional Section, 
Botany Art Awards, NSW. 1993, Conducted a 'Bark Painting 
Workshop', Kimberley  Conference, Waringarri Arts, Kununurra.  
1993, Honourable Mention for Ramingining Artists, Australian
Heritage Commission Art Award Exhibition, Old House Canberra 
[artist not named individually]


Collections:
Artbank, Sydney. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Art 
Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane. Art Gallery of South 
Australia,Adelaide. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. 
Australian Museum, Sydney. Berndt Museum of Anthropology, 
University of Western Australia. Central Collection, Australian
National University, Canberra. Flinders University Art Museum, 
Adelaide. Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Qld. 
Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany. Milingimbi Collection, MECA,
Milingimbi Educational and   Cultural Association. Musee des 
Arts Africans et Oceaniens, Paris, France. Museum and Art 
Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. Museum of 
Contemporary Art, Ramingining Collection, Sydney. Museum of 
Contemporary Art, Arnotts Collection, Sydney. Museum of 
Victoria, Melbourne. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. 
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. National Maritime 
Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney. Reserve Bank Collection. South
Australian Museum, Adelaide. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 
Horsfall Collection, Hobart. University of Queensland, 
Anthropology Museum, St Lucia..


Exhibitions: 
1986, State Bank of NSW, Sydney (arranged Macquarie Galleries),
1966, Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land, Museum of Art, The  
University of Kansas, 1969, Australian Aboriginal Art - The 
Louis A. Allen Collection, R. H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology, 
University of California, Berkeley, 1969, Australie, Osobnost 
Primitivni'ho Malire, Naprstkovo  Muzeum, African and American 
Culture, Prague. 1972, Australian Aboriginal Art, Field Museum 
of Natural History, Chicago. 1974, Australian Aboriginal Art 
from the Louis A. Allen. Collection, M. H. de Young Memorial 
Museum, California Palace of the Legion of Honor. 1974, Art of 
the Dreamtime, The Bennett Collection of  Australian Aboriginal
Art, Adelaide Festival of Arts, Art Gallery  of South Australia,
Adelaide.  1974 to 1976, Art of Aboriginal Australia, touring 
Canada, Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd. 1975, Australian Bark
Painting, from the collection of Dr. Edward L. Ruhe, Meadow 
Brook Art Gallery, Oakland  University, Rochester, Michigan, 
USA. 1979, European Dialogue, Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of
New South Wales, Sydney . 1983, Australian Perspecta, Art 
Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. 1983, XVII Bienal de Sao 
Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 1984, Objects & Representations from 
Ramingining, Power  Institute [now MCA], Sydney  1986, 
Ramingining Art Exhibition, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice
Springs, NT. 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. 1987, Ancestors and Spirits, National Gallery of 
Australia, Canberra. 1988, Dreamings, the art of Aboriginal 
Australia, Asia Society  Galleries, New York. 1989, Aboriginal 
Art: The Continuing Tradition, National Gallery of Australia, 
Canberra.  1990, l'ete Australien a' Montpellier, Musee Fabre 
Gallery, Montpellier, France. 1990, Spirit in Land, Bark 
Paintings from Arnhem Land.   National Gallery of Victoria.   
1990, Keepers of the Secrets, Aboriginal Art from Arnhemland, 
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. 1991, Canvas and Bark,
South Australian Museum, Adelaide. 1992, The Ninth National 
Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the 
Northern Territory, Darwin. 1992, Crossroads-Towards a New 
Reality, Aboriginal Art from  Australia, National Museums of 
Modern Art, Kyoto and Tokyo.  1992/3, New Tracks Old Land: An 
Exhibition of Contemporary  Prints from Aboriginal Australia, 
touring USA and Australia.  1993, Ten years of acquisitions,from
ANU collection, Drill Hall  Gallery ACT. 1993, Arnhem Land 
Dreaming, Bark Paintings from Tasmanian  Collections, Tasmanian
Museum and Art Gallery. 1993/4, ARATJARA, Art of the First 
Australians, Touring: Kunstammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 
Dusseldorf; Hayward,  Gallery, London; Louisiana Museum, 
Humlebaek, Denmark. 1994, Milminydjarrk, sand sculpture & 
dance,Tandanya, Adelaide Festival, SA. 1994, Power of the Land,
Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art, National Gallery of Victoria. 
1994, The Eleventh National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, 
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin  1994,
Australian Heritage Commission National Aboriginal and Torres 
Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Old Parliament House, 
Canberra. 1994, Yiribana, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 
Sydney. 1994, Malu Urul, National Maritime Museum, Sydney. 1995,
The Twelfth National Aboriginal Art Award, Museum and
Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 1995, Galerie des
Five Continents, Musee des Arts Africans et Oceaniens, Paris, France. 


Selected Biography: 
Allen, L., 1975, Time Before Morning: Art and Myth of the 
Australian Aborigines, Thomas Crowell Company, New York. 
Bennett, D.H., 1980, 'Malangi: the man who was forgotten 
before he was remembered,' Aboriginal History 4 (1) 43-47. (C)
Beresford, A., 1993, Arnhem Land Dreaming, Bark Paintings  from
Tasmanian Collections, exhib. cat. Tasmanian Museum and  Art Gallery. 
Berndt, R. M. and Berndt, C. H. with Stanton, J., 1982, 
Aboriginal Australian Art, a Visual Perspective, Methuen  
Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney. 
Caruana, W., 1987, Australian Aboriginal Art, a Souvenir Book  
of Aboriginal Art in the Australian National Gallery, Australian
National Gallery, Parkes, Australian Capital Territory. (C) 
Caruana, W. (ed.), 1989, Windows on the Dreaming, Ellsyd Press,Sydney. (C) 
Caruana, W., 1993, Aboriginal Art, Thames and Hudson, London. (C) 
Chanin, E., 1990, (ed.), Contemporary Australian Painting, 
Craftsman House, Roseville, NSW, Australia 
Crossman, S. and Barou, J-P. (eds), 1990, L'ete Australien a  
Montpellier: 100 Chefs d'Oevre de la Peinture Australienne, 
Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France. (C) 
Dussart, F., 1993, La Peinture des Aborigines D'Australie, 
Editions Parentheses, Marseille, France. 
Groger-Wurm, H., 1973, Australian Aboriginal Paintings and  
their Mythological Interpretation, Australian Institute of  
Aboriginal Studies, Canberra. (C) 
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. 
Kupka, K., 1972, Peintres Aborigines d' Australie, Societe des 
Oceanistes, Musee de l'Homme, Paris. 
1993, Aratjara, Art of the First Australians: Traditional and  
Contemporary Works by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander  
Artists, exhib. cat. (conceived and designed by Bernard Luthi 
in collaboration with Gary Lee), Dumont, Buchverlag, Koln. (C) 
McCulloch, A., & McCulloch, S., 1994, The Encyclopedia of  
Australian Art, Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, St Leonards, NSW. 
Mundine, D., 1995, 'The food chain starts here: Larrtha'puy - 
from the mangroves', Artlink, Vol. 15, No. 1, 46-47. 
Murphy, B., 1983, XVII Bienal de Sao Paulo, Australia, exhib. cat. 
Neale, M., 1994, Yiribana, exhib. cat., Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney. (C) 
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)"Perkins
H.'Beyond the Year of Indigenous Peoples' in Art and Australia 
1993 Vol. 31 No 1 p 98-101. 
Ruhe, E. L., 1975, Australian bark painting, from the collection
of Dr. Edward L. Ruhe, exhib. cat. Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Michigan, USA. 
Ryan, J., 1990, Spirit in Land, exhib. cat., National Gallery of
Victoria, Melbourne. 
Short, S., 1986, Banking on Art, Saturday Telegraph, Sydney, Jan. 29
Sutton, P. (ed.), 1988, Dreamings: the Art of Aboriginal  
Australia, Viking, Ringwood, Victoria. (C) 
Tweedie, P. and Scollay, C., 1979, 'Art of the Aboriginal,' 
Panorama: the Journal of Ansett Airlines Australia 21 (2),1,4.(C) 
Tweedie, P., 1985, This My Country, A View of Arnhem Land, 
William Collins Pty Ltd, Sydney. 
Waterlow, N., 1979, Biennale of Sydney, exhib. cat. 
1974, Art of Aboriginal Australia, exhib. cat., Rothmans of Pall
Mall Canada Limited. (C) 
1979, European Dialogue, exhibition catalogue, Biennale of  
Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1983, Australian 
Perspecta 1983, A Biennial Survey of Contemporary Australian 
Art, exhib. cat., Art Gallery of New  South Wales, Sydney. (C) 
1992, 'Aboriginal Art', National Gallery News, 10th Birthday  
edition, September/October 1992, p. 5-7.