Bawutj – High Tide is the late, great Ms. Wanambi’s last body of work and represents the high point of her artistic practice. The exhibition explores the interplay of the tidal waters around the massive stone monoliths at the mouth of Trial Bay as it opens into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Dhambit #2 Wanambi |
Guḏultja
2022
earth pigment and sand on bark
111.5 x 62.5 cm
Provenance: Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, NT cat 4067-22
$4,200
Dhambit #2 Wanambi |
Guḏultja
2022
earth pigment and sand on bark
107.5 x 53 cm
Provenance: Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, NT cat 3951-22
$4,200
Dhambit #2 Wanambi |
Guḏultja
2022
earth pigment and sand on board
122 x 64 cm
Provenance: Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, NT cat 6693-22
$4,000
Dhambit #2 Wanambi |
Guḏultja
2022
earth pigment and sand on bark
100 x 56 cm
Provenance: Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, NT cat 4379-22
$3,800
Shimmer, or the appearance of spiritual energy, has always been at the hand of great Yolŋu artists. Dhambit used the black sand from her own Marakulu clan lands at Yalanba. Sand so fine and riven with Mica it sparkles like sunshine on water.”
— Vivien Anderson
Gurka’wuy (Trial Bay) panorama
Image courtesy of The Mulka Project.
The original spirits of this area remain present and their journey from life through death and rebirth is mirrored in the actions of the tide.”
— Will Stubbs, Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Art Centre Coordinator
Dhambit #2 Wanambi |
Yalanba
2022
earth pigment and sand on board
180 x 122 cm
Provenance: Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, NT cat 957-22
$10,500
Dhambit #2 Wanambi |
Yalanba
2022
earth pigment and black sand on board
180 x 122 cm
Provenance: Buku Larrŋgay Mulka, NT cat 7549-22
$10,500
Dhambit #2 Wanambi |
Guḏultja
2022
earth pigment and sand on bark
185 x 68 cm
Provenance: Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, NT cat 5325-22
$6,500
Dhambit #2 Wanambi |
Guḏultja
2022
earth pigment and sand on bark
104.5 x 48.5 cm
Provenance: Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, NT cat 7555-22
$4,200
The family of Ms. Wanambi have authorised the use of her name in written form but request that it not be spoken aloud in the presence of people from Arnhem Land or in the Miwatj region. Her spirit has a long journey to go on to return to her origin point. Calling her name aloud could distract and delay her spirit’s return in a new form.
Dhambit #2 Wanambi |
Guḏultja with sand from Yalanba
2022
earth pigment and sand on bark
86.5 x 47.5 cm
Provenance: Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, NT cat 7419-22
$3,800
Dhambit #2 Wanambi |
Yalanba
2021
earth pigment and sand on found material
80 x 80 cm
Provenance: Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, NT cat 938-21
$3,500
Dhambit #2 Wanambi |
Guḏultja
2022
earth pigment and sand on bark
126 x 61.5 cm
Provenance: Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, NT cat 4773-22
$5,200
Dhambit #2 Wanambi |
L-R: 'Guḏultja with sand from Yalanba' 2022, earth pigment on hollow log, 240 x 33 x 33 cm, cat 9511-22 - SOLD.
'Yalanba' 2019, earth pigment on hollow log, 223 x 14 x 14 cm, cat 2912-19.
'Yalanba' 2022, earth pigment on hollow log, 178 x 15 x 15 cm, cat 9497-22 - SOLD.
'Guḏultja with sand from Yalanba' 2022, earth pigment on hollow log, 184 x 16 x 16 cm, cat 4200-22.
Her untimely death will be marked by ceremonies which carry her spirit forward with the outgoing tide.”
— Will Stubbs, Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Art Centre Coordinator
Gurka’wuy (Trial Bay), Eastern Arnhem Land
Image courtesy of The Mulka Project.
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