‘Outstation’ features a collection of bark paintings by Ivan Namirrkki, Paul Nabulumo, John Mawurndjul and Owen Yalandja from Maningrida Arts & Culture presenting the legacy of their fathers, Peter Maralwanga (1916-1987), Mick Kubarkku (1922-2008), Anchor Kulunba (1917-1996) and Crusoe Kuningbal (1922-1984) – Kuninjku leaders and renowned artists who led the outstation movement to the west of Maningrida. The exhibition speaks to the power and importance of outstations, homelands and Country in the landscape of Australian Indigenous art practice.
Ivan Namirrkki, Two men try to capture a fish turning into a Ngalyod, 2018, ochre and fixative on stringy bark, 137 x 53cm. Courtesy the artist and Outstation Gallery, Northern Territory
Outstation Gallery
5 to 29 May 2018
Northern Territory
