Image: Shannon Ashley, Ngambi/limestone spearheads, Bula’bula Arts.
GALLERIES ONE & TWO | BULA’BULA ARTS
BARRKU WANGA (GOING TO A FARAWAY PLACE)
SAT 18 NOV 2.00PM - FRI 15 DEC 5.00PM
OPENING EVENT SAT 18 NOV, 2.00-6.00PM
WORKSHOPS & DEMONSTRATIONS 2:00-3:30PM
WELCOME TO COUNTRY & SMOKING CEREMONY 4:00PM
FREE TO ATTEND
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Monday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Tuesday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Wednesday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Thursday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Saturday closed
Sunday closed
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Platform Arts is wheelchair-accessible via our Gheringhap St entrance. Unlocked, accessible bathrooms are available on both ground and first floors.
For accessibility enquiries, please directly contact us at hello@platformarts.org.au
Please note, Platform Arts is a dry venue.
Platform Arts is excited to welcome Bula’Bula Arts to Wadawurrung Country this coming November to December.
Barrku wanga (going to a faraway place) presents new works by Yolngu artists living in East Arnhem Land. The incredible works of nineteen Bula’bula artists will be travelling down from Ramingining, bringing dynamic painting and weaving works that tell the stories of cultural lore learned through song and dance. This storytelling is reinterpreted into paintings and objects that have traditional ritual and ceremonial significance.
Exhibiting artists:
Dorothy Djampalil, Shannon Ashley, Peter Gambung, Evonne Gayuwrri, Joy Burruna, Evonne Rraraypum, Selena Munguluma, Joy Borruwa, Mary Dhapalany, Julie Djulibing Malibirr, Janice Djupuduwuy, Andrew Wanamilil Malibirr, Jenny Malibirr, Evonne Munuyngu, Margaret Djarrbalabal, Linda Dalparri, Cecily Mopbarrmbrr, Lisa Lalaywarra, Joy Gadawarr
“We are going to a faraway place to share with you artworks of deep ritual and spiritual significance to Yolngu (people). Barrku wanga (going to a faraway place) will contain meaningful artworks about sophisticated and complex social structures such as ceremonies, songs, language, creation beings, family and the Yolngu identity within, as well as the relationships between all things such as animals, plants, birds, trees, fish and water.”
For sales and enquiries, please contact curator@platformarts.org.au.
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Proudly Yolngu; Bula’Bula Arts is situated in Ramingining within Gurrwiliny (the heritage listed Arafura wetlands) and part of North East Arnhem Land. We represent a spectrum of the 16 clan families who live in the area speaking 14 dialects of their Mother tongue, Yolngu Matha. The name Bula’Bula refers to the message embodied in the song-cycle of the area’s principal creative being, Garrtjambal the giant red kangaroo. More literally, it translates as the tongue, or voice of the kangaroo.
