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Murrŋiny: a story of metal from the east
7 August - 25 September
Presented by Salon Art Projects in association with Northern Centre for Contemporary Art and Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre Hit by shotguns, burnt by dry season fires, rusted by monsoonal rain – discarded signs litter Territory roadsides. The power of the rules and warnings they once shouted have faded like their glossy reflective paint. A group of seven Yolŋu artists from Yirrkala have come to rescue, recycle and rework these battered warriors in new ways. Murrŋiny is the Yolŋu word for steel. It is also the name by which this nation was known by its neighbours and the first Europeans who encountered them. This name references the shovel-nosed spears made here since pre-Cook times. With this exhibition old signs are new again.
Curators
Paul Johnstone and Matt Ward
Artists
Gunybi Ganambarr
Ishmael Marika
Wukun Wanambi
Barayuwa Munuŋgurr
Wurrandan Marawili
Ganbilpil Maymuru
Binygurr Wirrpanda
Wanapati Yunupiŋu
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Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia: Telling the sacred stories of Country in Murrŋiny: a story of metal from the east, Interview with Director, Petrit Abazi
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