BININJ DJANG (MEN DREAMING): JOE GUYMALA, SHAUN NAMARMYILK, GRAHAM BADARI, GLEN NAMUNDJA
Past exhibition
Joe Guymala Australian, Kunwinjku, b. 1969
Karldurrk (Blue-Winged Kookaburra), 2021
acrylic and earth pigments on paper
76 x 102 cm
1682-21
We see karldurrk (the blue-winged kookaburra, Dacelo leachii) in many different clan countries, by rivers and in the open forests and jungle areas. We hear her singing in the morning,...
We see karldurrk (the blue-winged kookaburra, Dacelo leachii) in many different clan countries, by rivers and in the open forests and jungle areas. We hear her singing in the morning, during the day and in the afternoon when the sun is about to go down. We don't hunt karldurrk, she's not good eating. But she hunts small animals like grasshoppers and other insects.
Kaldurrk karrinan kubolkwern kore kunred karrini. Karribekkan kawokdi Kukabel Barnnangarra da Wolewoleh kabaldungyibme. Kaldurrk karrinan manberrk kukabo kungarre dja bale kore karrire karriwarlbun Kaldurrk ngalwarre minj ngarringun. Kangun mayh yiman djaddedde dja mayh kilekilelh.
Kaldurrk karrinan kubolkwern kore kunred karrini. Karribekkan kawokdi Kukabel Barnnangarra da Wolewoleh kabaldungyibme. Kaldurrk karrinan manberrk kukabo kungarre dja bale kore karrire karriwarlbun Kaldurrk ngalwarre minj ngarringun. Kangun mayh yiman djaddedde dja mayh kilekilelh.