Title
Yawkyawk
1985
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Yawk Yawk (Young girl's spirit)
Yawkyawk (Young girl's spirit) - Place where the work was made
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Mumeka
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Western Arnhem Land
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- 1985
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 115.0 x 60.0 cm (irreg.)
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1985
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 216.1985.3
- Copyright
- © John Mawurndjul, Maningrida Arts and Culture/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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John Mawurndjul
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 6 exhibitions
Crossing country: the alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 Sep 2004–12 Dec 2004
rarrk – John Mawurndjul: Zeitreise in Nordaustralien, Museum Tinguely, Basel, 21 Sep 2005–29 Jan 2006
rarrk – John Mawurndjul: Zeitreise in Nordaustralien, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany, 19 Feb 2006–06 Jun 2006
Country Culture Community (2008-09), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Nov 2008–19 Apr 2009
The Dreamers (2009-10), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 May 2009–15 Aug 2010
Sentient lands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Jun 2016–08 Oct 2017
Sentient lands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 Jan 2017–08 Oct 2017
John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, 06 Jul 2018–23 Sep 2018
John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 11 Oct 2018–28 Jan 2019
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Guido Magnaguagno (Director) and Bernhard Lüthi (Curator), "rarrk" John Mawurndjul: journey through time in northern Australia, Basel, 2005, 97 (colour illus.), 227.
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Hetti Perkins, Crossing country: the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art, Sydney, 2004, 73 (colour illus.), 226.
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