Wanyubi Marika | Dhuwa Honeybee
Additional Information
Decade
2017
Medium
Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark
Dimensions (IN)
74 13/32 x 32 43/64 x 2 23/64
Dimensions (CM)
191 x 83 x 6
Credit
Forthcoming acquisition. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. The 2017-19 Kluge-Ruhe Maḏayin Commission.
Clan
Rirratjiŋu
The Rirratjiŋu clan’s homeland is at Yirrkala, on the east coast of the Gove peninsula....
Narrative
Wuyal
“My first name, Dhukumul, is the name for a particular kind of rain, dark raindrops....
Location
2010
At Yirrkala, Ishmael Marika was appointed creative director of the Mulka Project in 2010. Alicia...
About The Artist
Clan
Dates
Born 1967
Alternative Names
Wanyubi Marika
Wanyubi Marika is the son of Milirrpum Marika, the claimant in Australia’s first native title case. Wanyubi began painting as part of the Saltwater Project in 1997 and later served as chair of the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre. An important community leader, he was part of the curatorial team for Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala.
Australian National Maritime Museum
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia
National Gallery of Victoria
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/27462/
Seattle Art Museum
https://art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/31635/rirratjingu-larrakitj?ctx=8305fb1e-8ed8-4b5b-8b51-24067790d415&idx=0
Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
Sydney Opera House
Queensland Art Gallery