Namarrkon (Lightning spirit)
1987
- Medium
- earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)
- Measurements
- 160.2 × 82.4 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Namokardabu, Northern Territory
- Accession Number
- O.140-1990
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Alcoa of Australia Limited, Governor, 1990
©Curly Bardkadubbu/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation - Gallery location
- Gallery 2
Ground Level, NGV Australia - About this work
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Curly Bardkadubbu painted on bark for Maningrida Art and Crafts from 1970 onwards, living at Namokardabu outstation. He was renowned for his vigorous painting style, exploiting both the x-ray and rarrk styles characteristic of Eastern Kunwinjku art. Common subjects included namarrkon (lightning), ngalyod (rainbow serpent), namanjwarre (estuarine crocodile), ngaldadmurrng (saratoga), birndu (mosquito), and kandakidj (red kangaroo).