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Warmun Artists

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by FREDDIE TIMMS of Warmun Artists. The title is Rhattighan Yard, Tailing Yard. [JA336/05] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Linen)

FREDDIE TIMMS (dec)

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Rhattighan Yard, Tailing Yard

JA336/05
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Linen
180 x 300cm | 70.87 x 118.11in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by RAMMEY RAMSEY of Warmun Artists. The title is Warlawoon Country. [JA342/08] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Linen)

RAMMEY RAMSEY (dec)

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Warlawoon Country

JA342/08 (2008)
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Linen
150 x 180cm | 59.06 x 70.87in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by BETTY CARRINGTON of Warmun Artists. The title is Naminyji. [WAC607/07] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)

BETTY CARRINGTON (dec)

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Naminyji

WAC607/07 (2007)
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
120 x 120cm | 47.24 x 47.24in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PATRICK MUNG MUNG of Warmun Artists. The title is Purnululu Country (Bungle Bungles). [WAC051/98] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)

PATRICK MUNG MUNG

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Purnululu Country (Bungle Bungles)

WAC051/98 (1998)
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
80 x 120cm | 31.5 x 47.24in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MABEL JULI of Warmun Artists. The title is Marranyji & Jiyirriny. [WAC142/08] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)

MABEL JULI

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Marranyji & Jiyirriny

WAC142/08
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
120 x 120cm | 47.24 x 47.24in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MARK NODEA of Warmun Artists. The title is Two Serpents Dreaming. [WAC 465/02] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)

MARK NODEA

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Two Serpents Dreaming

WAC 465/02
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
100 x 140cm | 39.37 x 55.12in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by CHURCHILL CANN of Warmun Artists. The title is Untitled. [WAC 797/07] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)

CHURCHILL CANN (dec)

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Untitled

WAC 797/07 (2007)
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
90 x 120cm | 35.43 x 47.24in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MICK JAWALJI of Warmun Artists. The title is Guljarrina. [WAC507/08] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Plywood)

MICK JAWALJI

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Guljarrina

WAC507/08
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Plywood
80 x 60cm | 31.5 x 23.62in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SHIRLEY PURDIE of Warmun Artists. The title is Kangaroo Tail Dreaming. [WAC 344/08] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)

SHIRLEY PURDIE

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Kangaroo Tail Dreaming

WAC 344/08
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
50 x 150cm | 19.69 x 59.06in
Warmun Artists
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Warmun art is unique.

Each canvas is painted using traditional ochre and natural pigments hand-collected in the Kimberley.

Artists are adept at making their own paints and mixing ochres into a full range of colours.

The work draws on traditional Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) stories, contemporary events and artists’ life experiences.

Warmun Art Centre is owned and managed by the Warmun artist group, and 100% of sales income is returned to the community.

Leading artists of the Warmun (Turkey Creek) Community established the centre in 1998.

The Community was home to leading indigenous artists Rover Thomas, Queenie McKenzie, Jack Britten and Hector Jandany, who passed on many traditional stories and painting techniques.

Internationally renowned ochre painters Lena Nyadbi, Patrick Mung Mung, Mabel Juli, Shirley Purdie, Madigan Thomas, Gordon Barney, Phyllis Thomas, Churchill Cann and Betty Carrington now lead the way for a group of more than sixty emerging and younger artists currently painting for the art centre.

This new generation of Warmun artists works with the same, time-honoured materials and stories.

The emerging works display a fresh, original and vibrant style that transcends cultural boundaries and places many Warmun artists at the forefront of contemporary art in Australia.

The Warmun Art Centre provides artists with economic independence and the opportunity to share their Gija culture and country with visitors.

Operating as a studio for artists, the Centre – formerly located in the original Turkey Creek Post Office – has a new, architect-designed exhibition-sales space that opened in 2007.

Now the display of other Warmun-made objects is possible: existing ranges of etchings and art cards have been expanded in 2008, and jewellery and handpainted silk will be added.

Warmun Art Centre is situated in the East Kimberley, Western Australia.

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