GARNKINY NGARRANGGARNI: Featuring Mabel Juli
Past exhibition
Mabel Juli Australian, Gija, b. c. 1933
The One Who Stands on Top
natural earth pigment on canvas
45 x 45 cm
828198
Nginyjiny, thad-ngarri nginji gerliwirring, joogboo nginiyin. Jiyirri-baya biri nginiwardji. Thamboorroogal dal ngarayi nyaniyidji roord- garri nyaniniyinya. Marriri nyaniyidji. goornag nginiwardji-ngooyoo thamboorroo-gal. Berroowam roorrji-ngarri boorroonboo yilag. Berrani-ni 'Ngoowan thamboorroogoorrool-ninggi dalga. Marra...
Nginyjiny, thad-ngarri nginji gerliwirring, joogboo nginiyin. Jiyirri-baya biri nginiwardji. Thamboorroogal dal ngarayi nyaniyidji roord- garri nyaniniyinya. Marriri nyaniyidji. goornag nginiwardji-ngooyoo thamboorroo-gal. Berroowam roorrji-ngarri boorroonboo yilag. Berrani-ni "Ngoowan thamboorroogoorrool-ninggi dalga. Marra biyarra!" berrani-ni. Well girlib giniyin damba, gerloowoorr, lawa- lawagboom dam boorroonboo-ngarri thambalam-nhoowa. Berdij giniyin laarne. Nginini-birri dam waringarrim roordji-ngarri yilag. “Nhanggayig narriyanha nenggerrawan. Ngayin, ngayi-moowan boora-boorab ngiliyande," wanemayi-birri. That's the word of that Garnkiny. He bin turn into Garnki now. Garnkiny. He bin turn into moon.
‘He went hunting and came back with a kangaroo. That mother-in-law for him, he found her sitting down. He fell in love with her. This is the one one who stands up on top. Because of her, he started to change his mind. A large group of people were sitting down on the ground. They said to him "No! That one is your mother-in-law. Go away!" they said to him. He walked away, on top where the white stones were made by his feet. He climbed up on top of the hill and told the big group who were sitting down below,
"You will all die. Only I will keep coming out”, he said to them. That’s the story of the Moon man. He turned into the moon then.’ AC Ngalenga [daughter], can you tell us all the different parts in that painting?
Garloomboony nginyjiny. Yeah dijan all the waringarri now, jiyile. I tell-em you all the waringarri.
‘This is a spear [in the pain
‘He went hunting and came back with a kangaroo. That mother-in-law for him, he found her sitting down. He fell in love with her. This is the one one who stands up on top. Because of her, he started to change his mind. A large group of people were sitting down on the ground. They said to him "No! That one is your mother-in-law. Go away!" they said to him. He walked away, on top where the white stones were made by his feet. He climbed up on top of the hill and told the big group who were sitting down below,
"You will all die. Only I will keep coming out”, he said to them. That’s the story of the Moon man. He turned into the moon then.’ AC Ngalenga [daughter], can you tell us all the different parts in that painting?
Garloomboony nginyjiny. Yeah dijan all the waringarri now, jiyile. I tell-em you all the waringarri.
‘This is a spear [in the pain