Broschiertes Buch

Yolngu power

The art of Yirrkala

Herausgeber: Pinchbeck, Cara

Beschreibung

Explore the strength, energy and power of Yolngu art in this landmark book featuring over 200 innovative works dating from the 1940s to today. Yolngu power: the art of Yirrkala offers a comprehensive insight into a group of world-recognised and celebrated artists from Yirrkala and the development of an art movement whose contribution to Australian art - and, increasingly, international art - is profound. The art of Yirrkala is inextricably intertwined with its cultural, political and social history. For 90 years, artists from this small community in Northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia have shared art as a means of cultural diplomacy - as a respectful assertion of power in its diverse forms, from sovereignty to influence, authority and control, to energy, strength and pride. Published in association with a major survey at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Yolngu power features over 200 works from the 1940s to the present day. It considers the significant moments in Yirrkala's history when artists have consciously altered their practice, developed new styles or embraced new mediums. It also contextualises the work of individual artists within the broader school of artists from Yirrkala and surrounding Miwatj Country. An essay by the exhibition curator, Cara Pinchbeck, provides an overview of the various innovative art practices in Yirrkala, examining the influence of inheritance, family connections, and acts of diplomacy and activism. Madarrpa leader and artist Djambawa Marawili discusses the nuances of speaking for Country (land, sea and sky) with the Aboriginal arts specialist Kade McDonald, and the coordinator at Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre in Yirrkala, Will Stubbs, writes on the power embodied in Yolngu art. The plates are interspersed with voices from Yirrkala, past and present, offering a range of perspectives on the visual culture of this important art centre.

Autor

Djambawa Marawili AM is one of the most important Aboriginal leaders in Australia. A statesman and ceremonial leader, Marawili is the leader of Madarrpa clan and also an acclaimed artist. He has had numerous exhibitions in Australia since 1984 and is represented in most major Australian institutional collections as well as several important overseas public and private collections. Kade McDonald is the CEO and founder of Agency - a not-for-profit organisation that celebrates and promotes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, culture and people. He was formerly the executive director of Durrmu Arts Aboriginal corporation and was the coordinator for Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre in Yirrkala. He has curated and co-curated over 20 exhibitions, including the touring exhibition Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala (2022). Cara Pinchbeck (editor) is head of First Nations at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. A member of the Kamilaroi community, she has curated over 20 exhibitions. Her recent publications include The Sydney Modern Project: Transforming the Art Gallery of New South Wales (2022, contributor) Nongirrna Marawili: from my heart and mind (2018), Tony Tuckson (2018, contributor), Art from Milingimbi: taking memories back (2016), When silence falls (2015) and Yirrkala drawings(2013). Will Stubbs is coordinator at the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre in Yirrkala, Northern Territory, and a passionate advocate of Indigenous arts and Australia's unique arts centres. A former criminal lawyer, Stubbs began working with Yolnu Elders and artists in 1995. In 2015 he was awarded the Australia Council Visual Arts Award for Advocacy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Art Gallery of New South Wales
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 270mm x 195mm
• ISBN-13: 9781741741780
• ISBN-10: 1741741785
• Artikelnr.: 73389969