KUMPAYA GIRGIRBA AT WORK AT THE PUNMU STUDIO. IMAGE COURTESY OF MARTUMILI.

MARLAKURRINGU – RETURN/COME BACK

IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT WE RETURN TO OUR FRIENDS AT PUNMU COMMUNITY IN PRESENTING THE NEW GROUP SHOW FOR THE MARTUMILI ARTISTS – ‘MARLAKURRINGU’. A PRESENTATION OF NEW WORKS FROM SENIOR, ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING MARTU ARTISTS.

WHILST DISCUSSING A TITLE FOR THE SHOW THE ARTISTS EXPRESSED THEIR JOY ABOUT RETURNING BACK TO THE WORLD POST COVID AND EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER AGAIN. THROUGH CHALLENGING TIMES ‘WE ALWAYS KEEP COMING BACK’. A SENTIMNET THAT MAKES YOU THINK OF THE LARGER STORY OR RESILIENCE FOR FIRST PEOPLES.

FEATURED ARTISTS –

BIANCA SIMPSON

CORBAN CLAUSE WILLIAMS

CYRIL WHYOULTER

DEBRA THOMAS

GLADYS BIDU

JUDITH ANYA SAMSON

KUMPAYA GIRGIRBA

MARIANNE BURTON

NANCY CHAPMAN NYANJILPAYI

NGAMARU BIDU

ROXANNE NEWBERRY

THANKYOU MARTUMILI FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

ENQUIRIES – TOBY OSMOND

TOBY.OSMOND@AES.ORG.AU

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