03. Bawaliba Homeland
Four earth pigment drawings on paper by Bulanjdjan Lucy Yarawanga.
This original work is part of Bawaliba Homeland, is Lucy's first solo exhibition showcasing a large body of works onn paper depicting the lives of Bawaliba at their homeland near Djinkarr, Central Arnhem Land.
"I’m telling lots of different stories in this painting.I have painted four campfires, and some Bawaliba are keeping themselves warm by the fire. They are sitting down by the fire, celebrating their feed, cooking yam or kunj (kangaroo), and waiting for the night. After their feed they feel good, and tell stories. Sometimes they sing and dance. When they get tired, they might just sleep by the fire too.
Some of them are sleeping in paper bark huts, which they built from stringybark wood and walls from paperbark. They get the wood from near the billabong when they are hunting long neck turtles.” - Bulunjdjan Lucy Yarawanga
- Earth Pigment on Paper
- White timber frame
- 1580mm x 1220 mm (framed)
- Cat No 1-23-1-4/4