Djurrayun Murrinyina
Djurrayun is one of the few Djarrwark artists within the Miwatj region. She lives at Gangan where Gawirrin Gumana has maintained the art of this one of his maternal clans in his role as a djuŋgayi. Gawirrin is her maternal uncle and in the year 2007 she began to paint these designs in her own right. She is the only member of this clan to have provided such works in at least fifteen years. She is the daughter of Malaluba Gumana.
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Djurrayun Murrinyina
‘Guwarguwarmirri’ – Colours of the Rainbow
Expanding the palette beyond the template of four primary Yolŋu colours – black, red, yellow and white – allows the story to come alive. The prismatic shimmer of the snake scales or the stagnant billabong mirrors the colours of the rainbow. In this case Wititj – the Rainbow Serpent. In technicolour!An old song in a […]
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