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A LEADER OF THE PEOPLE AND ARTISTS

 

Djambawa’s art is closely related to his role as a leader and he draws on the sacred foundation of his people, the Yolngu. As chairperson of ANKAA, Marawili has several duties: "My role is to care for those art centres, [...] to look after their communities and families and to make a life again through their art. Art is their resource.”¹

In 1996 he won the prestigious National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Best Bark Painting Prize. His work hangs in the National Maritime Museum, Sydney Opera House, Kerry Stokes Collection, and many other public and private collections.

Bill Gregory of Annandale Galleries in Sydney describes with enthusiasm Marawili's recent work:

“The shimmering surfaces, the rhythm and interaction of clan designs and water, lightning and Barus (crocodiles) are ambitious paintings that I believe only someone of Djambawa's stature as an artist and an elder could achieve. The robustness in even the smallest works, the sureness of hand and delicacy of execution [...] of these paintings are unsurpassed.”²

 

 

PAINTINGS CURRENTLY IN STOCK

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