{"product_id":"serena-and-jeremiah-bonson-warraburnburn-family-172cm","title":"Serena and Jeremiah Bonson, Warraburnburn Family (3), 172cm","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eAboriginal Artists - Serena Bonson, Jeremiah Bonson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eCommunity - \u003cspan\u003eGamurra Gu-yurra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eHomeland - \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 - 822-25, 981-25, 2021-25\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eMaterials - \u003cspan\u003eCottonwood (Bombas Ceiba)\u003c\/span\u003e with Ochre Pigment and PVA Fixative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eSize(cm) - H172, H130, H95\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisplay - Basic bases (pictured) are included when shipping in Aus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eArtwork\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Burarra and Gun-nartpa languages the figure represented in this artwork is generally known as a \u003cem\u003ewangarra\u003c\/em\u003e ‘ghost spirit’. For the Warrawarra clan ghost spirits have their own particular characteristics and their own name – Warraburnburn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Warraburnburn and the closely related Galabarrbarr spirit (owned by the Balkarranga clan) are also\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003emanikay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esong topics.  The spirits are related to each other as maternal grandparent and grandchild, just as the people of Warrawarra and Balkarranga are. The dancing of the two ghost spirit figures forms the finale performance for funerals, and is the final goodbye to a deceased family member.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn many ways the Warraburnburn and Galabarrbarr ghost spirits are like people. They emerge from the patches of jungle on Warrawarra and Balkarranga country in the late afternoon and go hunting in family groups of men, women and children. They stay in contact with each other by calling out as the men hunt for fish and the women walk with their dillybags looking for vegetable food. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ghost spirits are associated closely with white ochre and artists commonly paint the bodies of carved figures in white. Different types of ghost spirit wear different patterns. Warraburnburn is decorated with uniform white dots while others are painted white all over. Some ghost spirits are shown with a design painted on their chest infilled with rarrk ‘cross-hatching’, the same designs that are painted onto\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ejapi an-guyinda\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e‘male initiations’. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey also have supernatural characteristics including superhuman size (\u003cem\u003ejarra anbaykarda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e‘super tall’). They know the country intimately – some are malevolent towards humans and will lead people astray, taking them to unfamiliar and dangerous places. These malevolent spirits are likened to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ean-muburda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e‘sorcerers’ and can conduct dangerous rituals that cause harm to people. Others are benign and will lead humans back to familiar paths and their own camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eArtist\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeremiah Bonson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Djinaŋ\/Marung artist. He was born in Darwin but raised at the outstation Gamurra-Gu-yurra, his mother Matilda Pascoe’s country. Jeremiah and his wife lived in Galiwinku but moved to Maningrida in 2021 with their small family. Jeremiah is a dancer, musician (he plays the yidaki or didgeridoo), painter and sculptor. Although an emerging artist, he was taught his traditional culture and traditional song line (bourgur) by his adoptive father Jimmy. His practice is informed by a culture thousands of years old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Miwirnbi, \u003cstrong\u003eSerena Bonson\u003c\/strong\u003e lives and works in Manigrida community in the Northern Territory. Her heritage is of Djowinge moiety, the Djinang language group and she is part of the Murrungun clan. Bonson has quickly become known for her striking carvings in stringybark painted in black and white to depict the Wangarra spirits. The Wangarra play a key role in the stories of Bonson’s community relating to death, birth and the transition of the spirit into the afterlife, and in rebirth. They are considered indicative of ancestral beings and deeply connected to the waterholes that are central to the stories of the clan and their connections to land.\u003c\/span\u003e\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":48926327963872,"sku":"822-25, 981-25, 2021-25","price":3979.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/4240\/files\/JeremiahandSerenaBonsonWarraburnburnFamily822-25_981-252021-24.png?v=1773103231","url":"https:\/\/artark.com.au\/products\/serena-and-jeremiah-bonson-warraburnburn-family-172cm","provider":"ART ARK® ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}