Orion Expedition Cruise - 'Art of Arnhem Land'

6 May - 11 May 2010

Bula'bula Arts is proud to announce that we are going on tour... via the coastline of Arnhem Land!  We have been invited by the luxury cruise ship the Orion to come aboard the 'Art of Arnhem Land' expedition, which will visit Aboriginal Art Centres through the top end of Australia in May.  

Senior artists Peter Gambung and Bobby Bununggurr, accompanied by Louise O'Neil (manager) and Sara Higgs (curator) will board the vessel at Yirrkala, and visit communities such as Galiwin'ku, Maningrida and the Tiwi Islands before disembarking in Darwin.  As well as having the opportunity to talk about local art and culture, we will also be showing key examples of artwork produced from Bula'bula Arts.

This is not the first time Bobby has been invited to work on a cruise liner.  He fondly remembers a time when he and David Gulpilil performed at sea several years ago.  We are all looking forward to seeing the country from a different perspective and meeting the other passengers.  

 http://www.orionexpeditions.com

 
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Date of birth : 1948

Language : Gupapuyngu

Clan : Daygurrgurr

Social Affiliations :  Yirritja moiety, Ngarritj subsection

 

Peter Gambung Djeki is a well educated man in the "balanda" (European) sense. Having studied through Batchelor College, Gambung was the Town Clerk of Ramingining in 1993. He also spent some time operating the BRACS (Broadcasting in Remote Aboriginal Communities Service) television in Ramingining.

Peter is a member of the Gupapuyngu language group, within which are a number of clans. Peter belongs to the Daygurrgurr clan. There is a locality near Elcho Island called Gambung Djeki, after which Peter is named.


Select Group Exhibitions:
2006, Bark Paintings, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2007, Bula'bula Arts: The Next Generation, Australia Dreaming Art, Melbourne

Collections:
Kluge-Ruhe Collection, University of Virginia, USA.

Commissions:
1989/90, John Kluge, Painting Their Land Commission, USA



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