{"product_id":"samantha-malkudja-birlmu-or-namarnkorl-barramundi-pair","title":"Samantha Malkudja, Birlmu or Namarnkorl (Barramundi), Pair","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eAboriginal Artist - Samantha Malkudja\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eCommunity - Yikarrakkal\/Kubumi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eAboriginal Art Centre - \u003cspan\u003eManingrida Arts and Culture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eCatalogue number - 1299-25, 1297-25\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eMaterials - \u003cspan\u003ePandanus and bush cane with natural dyes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eSize(cm) - H33 W105 | H30 W96\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003ePostage - Posted flat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eArtwork\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eIt is well known that Aboriginal art often depicts images of sacred totems or dreamings of Aboriginal culture. However, the world of the non-sacred also provides a rich source of subject matter for Aboriginal art. Much of the rock art of western Arnhem Land for example features secular topics such as common food animals and plants, depicted because of their economic importance but also merely because of their existence in the environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"276\" data-start=\"96\"\u003eThe artist has woven a \u003cem data-end=\"127\" data-start=\"119\"\u003eBirlmu\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem data-end=\"143\" data-start=\"131\"\u003eNamarnkorl\u003c\/em\u003e (Barramundi, \u003cem data-end=\"175\" data-start=\"157\"\u003eLates calcarifer\u003c\/em\u003e). During the dry season, barramundi serve as an important food source for inland Aboriginal people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"548\" data-start=\"278\"\u003eThese fish are caught throughout the artist’s clan estate, either in fish traps woven from pandanus or sedge grass, or hunted with spears and fishing lines in billabongs and streams. There, they shelter from the sun under fallen logs or among the leaves of water plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eArtist\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamantha Malkadja learned to weave from her mother Frewa Bardaluna, a master fibre artist who had numerous exhibitions with leading Australian commercial galleries.  Samantha’s work is distinguished by her soft tonal range, strong sense of design and intricate technique. Samantha makes panels and 2D sculptures which depict local fish and animal species and often\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eyawkyawks,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003efemale water spirits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamantha predominately uses \u003cem\u003egun-menama \u003c\/em\u003e(pandanus spiralis) in her works. To prepare the pandanus the inner leaves of the plant are collected using a hook. Each V-shaped leaf is first split in half along its spine. After removing the sharp spines, the two surfaces of the leaf are then split away from other. After this preparation, the pandanus is boiled in a billycan with plant materials to dye the fibre. Like her contemporaries, Samantha only uses natural dyes and achieves enormous variation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eArt Centre\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn art movement that is striking, political and enduring: this is what contemporary artists in Maningrida and the surrounding homelands have built, powered by their ancestral connections to country and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem title=\"Djang is the term used by most of the language groups to the west of Arnhem Land; wangarr is the same term in Burarra and Yolngu languages to the east. There is no word in English that conveys the complex concept of djang\/wangarr, which is sometimes improperly called ‘Dreaming’.\"\u003edjang\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWays of learning and schools of art in Arnhem Land are based around a system of passing knowledge and information on to others. The art here has its genesis in body design, rock art and cultural practices, in concert with more than 50 years of collaborations, travel and political action to retain ownership of country. Values and law are expressed through language, imagery,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003emanikay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(song),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebunggul\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(dance), \u003cem\u003edoloppo bim\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(bark painting), sculptures, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ekun-madj\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(weaving) – the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artists’ transformation of\u003cspan\u003e djang\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einto contemporary artistic expression has intrigued people around the world: art curators and collectors, and stars including Yoko Ono, Jane Campion, David Attenborough and Elton John. Pablo Picasso said of Yirawala’s paintings, ‘This is what I’ve been trying to achieve all my life.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYirawala\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(c.1897–1976) was a legendary Kuninjku leader, artist, land-rights activist and teacher, and his artwork was the first of any Indigenous artist to be collected by the National Gallery of Australia as part of a policy to represent in depth the most significant figures in Australian art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eManingrida Arts \u0026amp; Culture is based on Kunibídji country in Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory. The area where artists live encompasses 7,000 square kilometres of land and sea, and over 100 clan estates, where people speak more than 12 distinct languages. Aboriginal people in this region are still on country, surviving and resilient because their country is the centre of their epistemology, their belief system, culture –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003edjang\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtists’ works from the larger Maningrida region can be seen in collections and institutions around the world. We work with museums, contemporary galleries and high-end retailers both nationally and internationally on projects throughout the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText courtesy: Maningrida Arts and Culture\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maningrida Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51693977207008,"sku":"1299-25, 1297-25","price":1018.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/4240\/files\/SamanthaMalkudja1299-25_1297-25105cm96cm.jpg?v=1776479542","url":"https:\/\/artark.com.au\/en-us\/products\/samantha-malkudja-birlmu-or-namarnkorl-barramundi-pair","provider":"ART ARK® ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}