Please join us for the launch of 'Wäŋa as Muse’ by Manini Gumana, Napunda Marawili, Marrnyula Munuŋgurr, Binygurr Wirrpanda, Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu and for a solo presentation by Josina Pumani, titled 'Maralinga – Ngayuku Walytjaku Tjukurpa (My Family’s Story)' on Thursday 25th September 6-8pm.
MANINI GUMANA, NAPUNDA MARAWILI, MARRNYULA MUNUŊGURR, BINYGURR WIRRPANDA, GUTIŊARRA YUNUPIŊU
Wäŋa as Muse
Wäŋa as Muse brings together five Yolŋu artists from The Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Art Centre; Manini Gumana, Napunda Marawili, Marrnyula Munuŋgurr, Binygurr Wirrpanda and Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu. This exhibition features the innovative works of a group of artists who have each developed a unique way of depicting the identity of the land which inspires them.
Works presented are a living testament to the Yolŋu people’s enduring relationship with their spiritual and physical birthplace and an invitation to see the land not as a passive object, but as a sentient, living, active, sacred force.
JOSINA PUMANI
Maralinga | Ngayuku Walytjaku Tjukurpa (My Family’s Story)
Josina Pumani’s ceramic vessels and paintings tell the story of the Maralinga bomb testing undertaken in the 1950-60s. Pumani explores this lasting physical and mental impact on Country and Aṉangu people, using vibrant colour and patterned spiralling cylindrical forms. Currently working out of the APY Art Centre Collective, Pumani was born in Mimili.
These exhibitions are presented as part of the Art Gallery of South Australia's 2025 Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art.
Hugo Michell Gallery are proud to partner with Bird in Hand Winery for this opening event.
Hugo Michell Gallery acknowledges the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the Adelaide region, and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today.