Artiste : Dhambit #2 Wanambi (dec)

Titre de l'œuvre : Guḏultja with sand from Yalanba

Pigments naturels sur écorce

Format : 129.5 x 69cm

Provenance et certificat original : centre d'art aborigène de Yirrkala

Référence de la peinture : 5994-22

© Photo : Aboriginal signature with the courtesy of the artist & Buku-Larrngay Mulka.

Explication de l’œuvre :

A set of three rocks stand in the mouth of Trial Bay submerged either completely or partially within its waters. The waters of Gurka’wuy River flow out through Trial Bay past these rocks conflicting and clashing in a turbulent unity with the incoming tidal waters from the deep ocean. Their names rarely spoken are Dundiwuy, Bamurruŋu and Yilpirr.

Yalanba is the name of the place where the shiny black sand that adorns this pole comes from. The sand occurs in one spot only at Bayapula near Garthalala on Caledon Bay. Her brother is named after this site. The old base for Donald Thomson's NTSRU in the Second World War. Dhambit can harvest it from this place because that area belongs to her clan the Marrakulu whose identity is depicted in this work. She also pays a tribute to the elder at Garrthalala who is from the grandmother of this place- it's märi, the Djapu clan. The place described in the work is a separate Marrakulu estate which has the same relationship to the Djapu. It is at the mouth of Trial Bay to the South of Caledon Bay.

The sacred and monolithic rock Bamurruŋu lies in the mouth of this bay submerged in its waters. In manikay (sacred song) it is sung to be surrounded by the Buku-Duŋgulmirri or Wawurritjpal (Sea Mullet) fish.

Yolŋu of this area speak of a hole submerged under the rocks, from where bubbles are seen rising to the surface, sometimes bursting forth with a rush. The bubbles are seen as a life force and a direct Ancestral connection for the Marrakulu.

When the Marrakulu perform ritual dances (buŋgul) for the events depicted in this painting participants move towards a held spear representing the steadfastness of the rock, spli􀀂ng the dancers, who then surround the rock known as Bamurruŋu, moving as does the sea to song and rhythm of Yiḏaki and Bilma…

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