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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

Press


Katherine Times

NT gallery pushes boundaries with help of cryptocurrency donation

By Sarah Matthews

September 6 2021 -8:18 am


ABC

New Arnhem Land art makes waves in debut exhibition

By Kate Ashton and Peter Lacey

Posted Sat 7 Aug 2021 at 8:48amSaturday 7 Aug 2021 at 8:48am, updated Mon 9 Aug 2021 at 9:03am


White hot magazine

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia: Telling the sacred stories of Country in Murrŋiny: a story of metal from the east, Interview with Director, Petrit Abazi

By MARY GAGLER, November 2021

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