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Gulumbu YUNUPINGU | Garak the Universe

 
YUNUPINGU, Gulumbu
Australia 1943 /1947
Garak the Universe
larrakitj 2005
Sculpture
natural earth pigments on hollow log
304.0 (h) x 24.0 (w) cm
Purchased 2005
NGA 2005.603
© Gulumbu Yunupingu
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Yunupingu’s source of inspiration is Garak the Universe, an important ancestral story – particularly for the Yolgnu of north-east Arnhem Land. Although Garak appears to be a literal representation of the Milky Way, Yunupingu has stated herself that her art is about the entire universe, all the stars that can be seen by the naked eye, and also everything that exists far beyond any scientific expedition or estimation – everything that can be imagined and all that cannot.