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Peter Marralwanga: Painter of the Djang of western Arnhem Land

Peter Marralwanga: Painter of the Djang of western Arnhem Land

Taylor, Luke
Namirrkki, Ivan

Hardcover

Native American HistoryAustralian & Oceanian ArtIndigenous Art of the Americas

Publisher Price: $79.95

ISBN10: 1760467197
ISBN13: 9781760467197
Publisher: Anu Press
Published: Mar 3 2026
Pages: 296
Weight: 2.01
Height: 0.94 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

Peter Marralwanga (1916-1987) was a leading figure in one of the great art practices of the world. He grew up in western Arnhem Land surrounded by artists painting in rock shelters and he learned to paint this way himself. The subjects of his paintings were the Djang who made his country and placed the spirits of people within it. Marralwanga's story highlights the way bark painting became important as a way of evading assimilation policies rife within Northern Territory towns. Marralwanga established an outstation at Marrkolidjban where he could teach his children how to properly care for Ancestral lands, with part of this care involving a knowledge of how to paint. As a senior person who had travelled widely in his youth, and gained extensive ceremonial knowledge, Marralwanga was highly influential among a broad group of painters. Ivan Namirrkki, a painter of note and Peter Marralwanga's son, has provided here his own account of his father's life.

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