Gurtha, 2018, Rerrkirrwana Mununggurr
Earth pigments on stringybark, 202cm x 16cm
Provenance: Salon de Refusés, Darwin.
Exhibited: Salon de Refusés, Darwin 2018.
Rerrkirrwana Mununggurr is among the generation of female artists working at Yirrkala, along with her sister Marrnyula, who have been taught to paint by the men of their country and are now painting many of the sites and designs that would once have been the sole domain of men. Her work is also concerned with the impact of climate change on Indigenous populations and sacred sites (1).