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NGARUKURUWALA KAPI MURRUKUPUNI - WE SING TO THE LAND
16 November - 9 December 2023
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art)
16 November - 9 December 2023
Opening: Thursday 16 November | 6-8pm
Munupi Arts & Crafts Association is located along Melville Islands North-Western coastline at Pirlangimpi (also known as Garden Point). It is the most recently formed art centre on the Tiwi Islands. The Munupi artists, inspired by their natural lush environment and the Tiwi creation stories, are renowned for their striking approaches to colour and design. Frequently referred to as “Jilamara” (design), their artworks are created using traditional earth ochres, mixed to create a wide range of colours.
“Our paintings are like our songs to country, just like when we go to country we call out and sing to our ancestor”. Carol Puruntatameri ( in discussion with Guy Allain)
“Ngarukuruwala Kapi Murrukupuni, means ‘we sing to the land’. We do this to invite our ancestral elders to watch over us, and to thank them for the bush food and other traditional plants and materials that we gather and hunt for, including the ochre and bark. When we go to country, we enact Ngarikuruwala Kapi Murrukupuni so that our ancestors know that we are coming, inviting them to guide and protect us. As we leave country, we sing out to the ancestors to thank them and to let them know of our gratitude and knowledge of their presence and wisdom. Our practice of Ngarikuruwala Kapi Murrakupuni is not only transported in the materials gathered to create our bark paintings—it is also intertwined into our images and designs. This is reflected in the stories and meanings that we convey in and through our creative expressions.’’ Paulina Puruntatameri and Carol Puruntatameri ( in discussion with Dashielle Allain)
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - PWOJA JILAMARA
price
AU$23,500.00
CHRISTINE DAISY PURUNTATAMERI - PWONGA
price
AU$7,800.00
CHRISTINE DAISY PURUNTATAMERI - PWONGA
price
AU$6,700.00
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - WINGA (TIDAL MOVEMENT/WAVES)
price
AU$5,800.00
DELORES TIPUAMANTUMIRRI - PWONGA
price
AU$5,500.00
KARINA (PENNY) COOMBES - JITAKA (SWORDFISH)
price
AU$5,000.00
CAROL PURUNTATAMERI - YIPALI AND PURRUKAPALI
price
AU$3,300.00
ARTHUR JOHN COWELL - JIYIMPIRRIYANGA
price
AU$3,200.00
SHIRLEY PURUNTATAMERI - PUPUNI JILAMARA
price
AU$2,600.00
CHRISTINE DAISY PURUNTATAMERI - PWONGA
price
AU$2,100.00
SHIRLEY PURUNTATAMERI - PUPUNI JILAMARA
price
AU$1,900.00
FRANCESCA PURUNTATAMERI - PUPUNI JILAMARA
price
AU$1,800.00
VIRGINIA GALARLA - PUPUNI JILAMARA
price
AU$1,400.00
VIRGINIA GALARLA - MINGA 1
Sold
AU$900.00
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - WINGA (TIDAL MOVEMENT/WAVES)
Sold
AU$8,200.00
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - WINGA (TIDAL MOVEMENT/WAVES)
price
AU$7,500.00
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - PWONGA
price
AU$5,800.00
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - WINGA (TIDAL MOVEMENT/WAVES)
price
AU$5,800.00
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - WINGA (TIDAL MOVEMENT/WAVE)
price
AU$5,500.00
JOSEPHINE BURAK - MILIMIKA
price
AU$5,000.00
CHRISTINE DAISY PURUNTATAMERI - PWONGA
price
AU$3,300.00
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - WINGA (TIDAL MOVEMENT/WAVES)
price
AU$3,000.00
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - WINGA (TIDAL MOVEMENT/WAVES)
price
AU$2,500.00
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - WINGA (TIDAL MOVEMENT/WAVES)
Sold
AU$2,000.00
VIRGINIA GALARLA - TAPALINGA (STARS)
price
AU$1,800.00
VIRGINIA GALARLA - TAPALINGA (STARS)
price
AU$1,800.00
PATRICK PURUNTATAMERI - TUMARRARINGINI (WILDFLOWER)
price
AU$1,300.00
PATRICK PURUNTATAMERI - TUMARRARINGINI (WILDFLOWER)
price
AU$650.00
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - WINGA (TIDAL MOVEMENT/WAVES)
Sold
AU$8,200.00
CAROL PURUNTATAMERI - YIPALI PURRUKUPALI
Sold
AU$6,800.00
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - WINGA (TIDAL MOVEMENT/WAVES)
price
AU$5,800.00
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - WINGA (TIDAL MOVEMENT/WAVES)
price
AU$5,800.00
ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - WINGA (TIDAL MOVEMENT/WAVES)
price
AU$5,000.00
FRANCESCA PURUNTATAMERI - PUPUNI JILAMARA
price
AU$3,300.00
CAROL PURUNTATAMERI - YIPALI AND PURRUKUPALI
Sold
AU$3,300.00
SHIRLEY PURUNTATAMERI - PUPUNI JILAMARA
price
AU$3,000.00
DELORES TIPUAMANTUMIRRI - PARLINI JILAMARA
price
AU$2,100.00
JACQUELINE PURUNTATAMERI - PARLINI JILAMARA
price
AU$2,000.00
VIRGINIA GALARLA - TAPALINGA (STARS)
price
AU$1,800.00
JACQUELINE PURUNTATAMERI - PWOJA JILAMARA
price
AU$1,700.00
SHIRLEY PURUNTATAMERI - PUPUNI JILAMARA
price
AU$1,300.00
CORNELIA TIPUAMANTUMIRRI - BANAPA
Sold
AU$0.00
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