Image 1: Andrew Malibirr painting, Bula’bula Arts.
Image 2: Shannon Ashley, Ngambi/limestone spearheads, Bula’bula Arts.
GALLERIES ONE & TWO | BULA’BULA ARTS
WORKSHOPS & OPENING EVENT - BARRKU WANGA
SAT 18 NOV 2.00PM - 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.
Join us for the opening event of Barrku wanga, as Platform Arts welcomes Bula’Bula Arts to Wadawurrung Country. This gathering will include artist demonstrations and workshops, followed by a Welcome to Wadawurrung Country in the gallery to begin official celebrations.
As part of Bula’Bula Arts’ exhibition Barrku wanga (Going to a faraway place), brothers Andrew and Steve Malibirr will be demonstrating the intricate rarrk technique used by the Yolngu people in the Northern Territory, particularly in Arnhem Land. In this technique, artists use the weight of the paint soaked in the fine brush to delicately produce fine, straight lines.
Traditionally, differing crosshatched layering of lines and shapes can give identity and ownership to specific Yolngu groups. As well as the pattern containing deep cultural significance, the patterns can represent wind, water, brilliance, energy, and power to ancestral designs.
The workshop will be hands-on, and audiences are encouraged to have a go and chat with Yolngu artists. Stay for as long as you like! This is a drop-in session, with no registrations required.
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.
