Wind Dreaming
2003
- Medium
- earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)
- Measurements
- 179.0 × 67.8 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Mankalord, Northern Territory
- Accession Number
- 2003.436
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Supporters and Patrons of Aboriginal Art, 2003
© Samuel Namunjdja/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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Samuel Namunjdja has painted gungara, the spiralling wind associated with several sites belonging to the Kardbam clan. On one level, this painting can be interpreted as a depiction of the kinds of mini cyclones that are common during the wet season in Arnhem Land, where the artist lives. In this work, gungara also relates specifically to a site called Bilwoyini, near Mankalord. Characterised by the superfine rarrk used to create an ethereal abstract geometry of composition, these delicate works in red and yellow ochre on white represent a departure for the artist, who previously worked in a figurative manner.