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JOHN MAWURNDJUL JOHN MAWURNDJUL KUNWINJKU COUNTRY, NT John Mawurndjul’s studio is his country, Kunwinjku country, in Arnhem land in northern Australia. Mawurndjul works mostly outside – often under an awning that runs from his house situated in his traditional homelands. Sometimes he works in the larger centre of Maningrida where he visits for art business and to see friends and family. This photograph by Ian Lloyd was taken in Maningrida at a friend’s house, the day before Mawurndjul traveled to Paris to work on a commission for the Quai Branly museum. Mawurndjul is shown sitting crossed legged on the ground with a hollow log in front of him. He applies ochre, ground from a stone, with a brush made from only a few long hairs, to the log or bark in a delicate pattern of lines known as rrark. While Mawurndjul’s patterns may appear abstract they are actually the secret marks of a traditional ceremony known as the Mardayin ceremony. The enactment of this ceremony is the subject of his large bark painting titled Mardayin at Dilebang 2005. Painted directly onto bark, Mawurndjul uses PVA glue to help bind the ochre and give the surface a shimmering effect. The bark used in painting is harvested during the wet season from the large stringy bark trees, which are a type of Eucalyptus tree, found across his country. Born in 1952, Mawurndjul began painting in the late 1970s and today he is widely acknowledged as the greatest living bark painter. Using a world map find the place where Mawurndjul lives on a map. Shade in the area of Arnhem Land. Find Paris on the map then mark the journey. What music is he playing on the stereo? What music do you to listen to when you work? Can you find evidence of music in the other artists’ studios? Look at the palette photograph and compare Mawurndjul’s ochre painting process with other painting processes in the <strong>resource</strong>. Choose two palette pictures and annotate these by listing the materials, tools and processes you can see. Watch the Art and Soul video to discover how Mawurndjul harvests the bark for his works: www.abc.net.au/arts/artandsoul/flash/default.htm return to Contents NEXT BACK
Page 1 and 2: AUSTRALIAN PAINTERS PHOTOGRAPHED BY
Page 3 and 4: ABOUT THIS RESOURCE This education
Page 5 and 6: CLICK ON THE ARTISTS’ PALETTES TO
Page 7 and 8: IAN LLOYD & JOHN MCDONALD return to
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Page 11 and 12: ANGUS NIVISON ANGUS NIVISON WALCHA,
Page 13 and 14: ANGUS NIVISON Look at the painting
Page 15 and 16: MARION BORGELT MARION BORGELT SYDNE
Page 17 and 18: MARION BORGELT Ian Lloyd took sever
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Page 25 and 26: JULIE DOWLING Julie Dowling, Dispos
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Page 39 and 40: WILLIAM ROBINSON Lie under a tree a
Page 41 and 42: JOHN WOLSELEY JOHN WOLSELEY MELBOUR
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Page 45 and 46: ANNA PLATTEN ANNA PLATTEN ADELAIDE,
Page 47 and 48: ANNA PLATTEN Make a drawing of your
Page 49 and 50: ROSELLA NAMOK ROSELLA NAMOK CAIRNS,
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