Gulumbu Yunupingu

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Gulumbu Yunupingu (* 1943 near Gunyangara on the Gove Peninsula , Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory , Australia ; † May 10, 2012 ibid) was an artist and woman elder of the Gumatj , a clan of the Yolngu Aboriginal tribe .

Surname

According to the sepulchral culture of the Yolngu, after their death their first name should no longer be mentioned and their picture should no longer be shown, instead the terms Ms Yunupingu or Djotarra should be used.

Person and family

Little is known about the artist's early life. Her father's name was Munggurrawuy Yunupingu and her mother was Makurrngu, both of whom were elder. They had four children together, three of whom died early. Her husband was also an artist who in 1990 won the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award First Prize . 26 years before her death, she translated the Bible into Gumatj, a dialect of the Yolgnu language Matha . As women elder, her duties included preserving Aboriginal culture and teaching clan children accordingly. She also practiced as a healer . Her younger brothers were Galarrwuy Yunupingu and the band leader Mr Yunupingu of Yothu Yindi, who died in June 2013 .

She was married to the artist Mutitjpuy Munungurr (1932-1993).

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Her works have been exhibited nationally and internationally. The subjects of her work dealt mainly with the universe and the stars. Her artwork Garak, The Universe won the 21st Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award , which was presented to her in May 2004 at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin . The award was endowed with AUD 40,000. In 2006, on the occasion of the reopening of the Musée du quai Branly in Paris, one of her works was exhibited. In 2012 she installed a 7 by 3 meter wooden work in the building of the Australian National University . The work of art Garrurru , which weighs about a ton, depicts a sail of the Macassars , who came with their sailing ships for centuries to catch Trepang off the north coast of Australia.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ smh.com.au : Artist saw the stars crying , June 13, 2012, in English, accessed June 11, 2013
  2. ↑ cs.nga.gov.au : Gulumbu Yunupingu , May 11, 2012, in English, accessed June 11, 2013
  3. ↑ theage.com : Lindsay Murdoch: Father's 'wishing stars' inspires a winning work , August 14, 2004, in English, accessed June 11, 2013
  4. ↑ theage.com.au : James Button: Gulumbu Yunupingu exhibit in the Quai Branly Museum in Paris , June 20, 2006, in English, accessed June 11, 2013
  5. ↑ news.anu.edu.au : Life-size Yunupingu artwork delivered by crane , March 19, 2012, in English, accessed on June 11, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Yunupingu, Gulumbu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yunupingu, Ms; Djotarra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Gunyangara , Gove Peninsula , Arnhem Land , Northern Territory , Australia
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 2012
Place of death Gunyangara