Marika family Collection of Indigenous Art
The Marika family is the present custodian of Yalangbara in North East Arnhem Land. Their collective work represents the most ancient of lineages and bears the stamp of
original authority.
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Dhuwarrwarr Marika c.1946 Sister of Wandjuk (c.1925-87), Langani (b.1943) and Banduk(c.1946) Yalangbara II (1987) This
painting incorporates the main symbols of the Rirratjingu people. The
middle panel represents the sacred track made by the Creators, in the
place where the first Aboriginal people were born. |
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Rärriwuy Marika 1954- Rirratjingu Clan North East Arnhem Land Dhangu Daughter of Wandjuk (c.1925-87) and Guturingu Bukulitjbi (d.1988) Milngurr - the Sacred Water Hole from the Dhuwa Creation at Yalangbara 2007 Rärriwuy is represented in a number of private collections throughout Australia. This is an E R White Club commission for 2007 which was unveiled at Dinner in the Dining Hall by Edwina Stawell. |
Visit by Langani and Rärriwuy Marika 2007.
 Dhangatjiyana ga Minyapa Sea Country (2002) |
Banduk Marika 1954- Daughter of Mawalan I (c.1908-67), sister of Wandjuk (c.1925-87), Langani (b.1943) and Dhuwarrwarr (c.1946) Trinity College Art Collection 2007.2 |
The men and women of the Marika family paint on bark and make finely detailed softwood carvings of animals and spirit figures. The surfaces of the carvings are painted and then incised with the same patterning as used in bark paintings and body paintings. It is this technique that Banduk has utilized for cutting sheets of lino and making prints. Her subjects are traditional family designs she has been given permission to paint.
“Banduk Marika is probably the most well-known contemporary female artist of Eastern Arnhem Land. She divides her time between cities such as Sydney and Yirrikala. Banduk is mostly a print maker who first studied printmaking in the early 1980s, whilst living in Sydney. In 1984 she was artist-in-residence at the Canberra School of Art. She has continued the work of her late brother, Wandjuk, who was a founding member and Chairman of the Aboriginal Arts Board, and was an early campaigner to secure copyright protection for Aboriginal artists.
She was the first Aboriginal person elected to the boards of the National Gallery of Australia and the Museum and Art Gallery of NT. In 2001 she won the Australia Council’s 2001 Red Ochre Award, and in 2005 won the NATSIAA Bark Painting Award.” (McCulloch, Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Miegunyah 2006)
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Banduk Marika 1954- Rirratjingu Clan North East Arnhem Land Dhangu Daughter of Mawalan I (c.1908-67), sister of Wandjuk (c.1925-87), Langani (b.1943) and Dhuwarrwarr (c.1946)
Märna
ga Bathurimirri Bäpi (Shark and rock snake) 1985 Presented by Jan Martin 2007 |
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Banduk Marika 1954- Rirratjingu Clan North East Arnhem Land Dhangu Daughter of Mawalan I (c.1908-67), sister of Wandjuk (c.1925-87), Langani (b.1943) and Dhuwarrwarr (c.1946)
Gurrumattji ga Ganydjurr (Birds in the swamp grasses) 1987 Presented by Jan Martin 2007 |
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Banduk Marika 1954- Rirratjingu Clan North East Arnhem Land Dhangu Daughter of Mawalan I (c.1908-67), sister of Wandjuk (c.1925-87), Langani (b.1943) and Dhuwarrwarr (c.1946) |
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Banduk Marika 1954- Rirratjingu Clan North East Arnhem Land Dhangu Daughter of Mawalan I (c.1908-67), sister of Wandjuk (c.1925-87), Langani (b.1943) and Dhuwarrwarr (c.1946) Gannguri ga Dhatam |