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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MARLENE JULI of Warmun Artists. The title is Gurlabal. [WAC 419/08] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)

MARLENE JULI

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Gurlabal

WAC 419/08
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
120 x 90cm | 47.24 x 35.43in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by GABRIEL NODEA of Warmun Artists. The title is Dreamtime Flashback, Kija Country – Warrman Warraninj. [WAC 329/07] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)

GABRIEL NODEA

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Dreamtime Flashback, Kija Country – Warrman Warraninj

WAC 329/07
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 LENA NYADBI of Warmun Artists. The title is Dayiwul Ngarranggarni. [WACP07/11-1/50] (Etching - Edition of 50)

LENA NYADBI

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Dayiwul Ngarranggarni

WACP07/11-1/50 (2011)
Etching - Edition of 50
24.5 x 37cm | 9.65 x 14.57in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by LORRAINE DAYLIGHT of Warmun Artists. The title is Warranany and Wangkarnal. [WAC 368/07] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)

LORRAINE DAYLIGHT

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Warranany and Wangkarnal

WAC 368/07
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
60 x 80cm | 23.62 x 31.5in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DAVID COX of Warmun Artists. The title is Two Sisters. [581/07] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)

DAVID COX

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Two Sisters

581/07
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
45 x 60cm | 17.72 x 23.62in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MARIKA MUNG of Warmun Artists. The title is Texas Road. [WAC 105/08] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)

MARIKA MUNG

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Texas Road

WAC 105/08
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
45 x 45cm | 17.72 x 17.72in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MARIKA PATRICK of Warmun Artists. The title is Chinaman’s Garden. [WACP110/13] (Etching - Edition of 30)

MARIKA PATRICK

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Chinaman’s Garden

WACP110/13 (2013)
Etching - Edition of 30
24 x 32.5cm | 9.45 x 12.8in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by BLANDINA BARNEY of Warmun Artists. The title is Gumbubayin. [WACPI08/10] (Etching - edition of 40)

BLANDINA BARNEY

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Gumbubayin

WACPI08/10
Etching - edition of 40
49 x 18.5cm | 19.29 x 7.28in
Warmun Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by CHARLENE CARRINGTON of Warmun Artists. The title is Texas Crossroads. [WACP16/5] (Etching - edition of 40)

CHARLENE CARRINGTON

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Texas Crossroads

WACP16/5
Etching - edition of 40
24 x 24.5cm | 9.45 x 9.65in
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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