Buku Art Centre
Hugo Michell Gallery invites you to join us for our artist talks in celebration of the current Tarnanthi Festival exhibitions. Artist talks to be held on Saturday 18th October 1-3pm.
Hear from Binygurr Wirrpanda on behalf of the ‘Wäŋa as Muse’ artists. David Wickens to facilitate. Please also join us to hear Josina Pumani speak about her solo exhibition 'Maralinga – Ngayuku Walytjaku Tjukurpa (My Family’s Story)'. Sandra Pumani to facilitate.
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‘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.
‘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.
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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.
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.
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Hugo Michell Gallery are proud to partner with Bird in Hand Winery for this opening event.
Hugo Michell Gallery are proud to partner with Bird in Hand Winery for this opening event.
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We are thrilled to be participating in Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, presented at Carriageworks from 11-14 September 2025!
Lewer’s series on Jesus’ miracles explores faith through layered acrylics. Mackinnon presents large, psychological landscapes that blend memory and symbolism. Spain debuts emotive abstract paintings inspired by ritual and spectacle, while Wanambi showcases ancestral larrakitj poles and bark paintings that honour sea Country.
The works are personal, political, and spiritual, forming a compelling and layered presentation.
Preview requests to mail@hugomichellgallery.com
Richard Lewer in the studio with 'The Miracles', 2025, photography by Christian Cappuro
William Mackinnon, Going under/ autumn, 2025, acrylic, oil and automotive enamel on linen, 200 x 150 cm
Georgia Spain in the studio with new work for Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, photography by Oscar Lush
Garawan Wanambi, Marraŋu (1484 25), 2025, natural pigment with synthetic polymer fixative on Stringybark hollow pole, 204.5 x 25 cm