Catfish, c.1978

natural earth pigments on bark

59 x 23cm

$2,500

Provenance: Bula Bula Arts, Ramingining, NT, Cat No. N130 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: Bark Paintings 1930-2000, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, July 2011 AIAM100.com Exhibition Launch, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, August 2010
Artwork story: David Malangi, who began painting in the early 1960s, played a vital role in the development of the contemporary Aboriginal art movement and became, during his lifetime, one of the great inspirational figures of Arnhem Land art. While, for many older Australians, he is best known for the image that featured on the now defunct one-dollar note, he was also a travelling ambassador for his country and his people and achieved world wide recognition for his innovative yet deeply tradition-based bark paintings.

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c.1927 – 1999

natural earth pigments on bark

59 x 23cm

$2,500

Provenance: Bula Bula Arts, Ramingining, NT, Cat No. N130 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: Bark Paintings 1930-2000, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, July 2011 AIAM100.com Exhibition Launch, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, August 2010
Artwork story: David Malangi, who began painting in the early 1960s, played a vital role in the development of the contemporary Aboriginal art movement and became, during his lifetime, one of the great inspirational figures of Arnhem Land art. While, for many older Australians, he is best known for the image that featured on the now defunct one-dollar note, he was also a travelling ambassador for his country and his people and achieved world wide recognition for his innovative yet deeply tradition-based bark paintings.