Yolŋu power: the art of Yirrkala showcases the extraordinary artists of Yirrkala in north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, and the power of their art from the 1940s to the present.
Designed in collaboration with the artists of Yirrkala and the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Arts Centre, this bookmark features Muŋgurrawuy Yunupiŋu’s bark painting The thunder spirits (Birimbira) (1961).
Yolŋu Power bookmark
6 x 19cm
Exclusive to the Gallery Shop
Muŋgurrawuy Yunupiŋu (Australia c1907–1979) Gumatj The thunder spirits (Birimbira) 1961
Art Gallery of New South Wales, gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1961 © Estate of Muŋgurrawuy Yunupiŋu, Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala
Design: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
