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Gapu XI<br />
An exhibition premiering <strong>Djilpin</strong> Arts’ new limited<br />
edition print series.<br />
6 June to 20 July 2024<br />
Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts & Culture Centre
About<br />
<strong>Djilpin</strong> Arts<br />
In a remote Northern Territory community, <strong>Djilpin</strong> Arts has, for nearly two decades,<br />
developed a vibrant and thriving cultural enterprise, offering activities rich in spirit,<br />
bringing healing to the community and linking traditional knowledge with modern<br />
ventures.<br />
At <strong>Djilpin</strong> Arts, visitors can engage with local people and artists to learn about traditional life and<br />
culture. The centre offers immersive experiences, including unique arts and cultural activities led<br />
by local elders, artists, and guides, as well as providing workshops, masterclasses, and tours<br />
designed to offer guests unique insights into First Nations culture.<br />
<strong>Djilpin</strong> Arts is represented as a tall, strong tree. It has deep roots holding strong the core cultural<br />
values of its community and people. These roots have grown a tall, powerful tree with a canopy of<br />
far reaching branches, where cultural expression meets community wellbeing to provide fruitful<br />
outcomes, year after year. A healthy tree produces flowers, fruits and seeds that support the<br />
regeneration process. In the <strong>Djilpin</strong> vision, these outcomes are active expressions of cultural<br />
knowledge and are regenerative, keeping the cultural water flowing.
Meet the Artisit’s<br />
Julie Ashley<br />
Noreena Ashley<br />
Frankie Lane<br />
Sylvia Campion<br />
Bernadette Foster<br />
Evangeline Wilson<br />
Harry Malibirr<br />
Brett Bush<br />
Fabian Sandy
Loretta George<br />
Darryl Jolly<br />
Lancetta Ashley<br />
Major Cameron<br />
Travis Seccin<br />
M. Blanasi (NB. deceased)<br />
Scotty Hall<br />
Revonna Lane
About<br />
Gapu XI<br />
An exhibition premiering <strong>Djilpin</strong> Arts’ new limited edition print series. Celebrating the 11th print<br />
series in a 16-year collaboration with Basil Hall Editions, GAPU XI features works by senior and<br />
emerging artists working through <strong>Djilpin</strong> Arts in Wugularr (Beswick).<br />
Gapu (meaning water) depicts life and culture around the water ways of Wugularr (Beswick) and<br />
the ancestral homelands of the artists, including plants, animals, woven string bags, ceremonial<br />
dilly bags and Mimi spirits who share country.<br />
Mukuy Spirit Figures<br />
Mukuy are guardian spirits, traditionally playing<br />
an important role in protecting people who have<br />
passed away. Today there are many<br />
contemporary re-imaginings of Mukuy Spirit<br />
Figures. These finely crafted woven figures are<br />
Mukuy Spirits.<br />
The Mukuy belong in Yirritja country called<br />
Galanbirni. At night you might hear them playing<br />
the Didjeridu. The Mukuy travel around a lot and<br />
are often found in sacred places. They are<br />
mysterious, sometimes playful and sometimes<br />
cheeky characters, often referred to as Devil<br />
Devil. Mukuy figures tell the stories of country,<br />
culture and spiritual beliefs.
Mimi Spirit<br />
As the sun sets, the Mimi spirits emerge from the underworld,<br />
rising from the earth and hills to prepare the land for the next day.<br />
These diligent beings are responsible for keeping the country tidy,<br />
grooming bushes, feeding fish, and mending broken branches.<br />
They are the caretakers of the land, ensuring everything is in order.<br />
Tall and thin, the Mimi spirits resemble human-like stick figures.<br />
They are ethereal creatures, leaving no tracks as they move.<br />
Playful, magical, and fun, the Mimi spirits bring a unique energy to<br />
the land.<br />
Dragonfly<br />
These finely crafted hand-woven dragonflies are a cheerful<br />
reminder of the real dry season dragonflies. Signalling the dry<br />
season, dragonflies are ubiquitous with dry winds, cool nights and<br />
saying goodbye to the wet season. Each are unique, hand woven<br />
and coloured using natural bush dyes.<br />
Lorrkon<br />
The Lorrkon or bone pole coffin ceremony was the final ceremony<br />
in a sequence of mortuary rituals celebrated by the people of<br />
Arnhem Land. This ceremony involves the placing of the<br />
deceased’s bones into a hollow log until it slowly decayed over<br />
many years. The log is made from a termite hollowed Stringy bark<br />
tree (Eucalyptus tetradonta) and is decorated with totemic<br />
emblems.
Gallery Pieces – <strong>Djilpin</strong> Arts<br />
Framed Prints<br />
Not for Sale<br />
Unframed Prints<br />
Please see display book<br />
Noreena Ashley / Basket with Handle / #41-24<br />
Noreena Ashley / Yam / #42-24<br />
Noreena Ashley / Weaving Basket / #422-23<br />
Julie Ashley / Yams / #425-23<br />
Darryl Jolly / Two Snakes / #17-24<br />
Loretta George / Dhatum & Ngork / #18-24<br />
Evangeline Wilson / Dragonfly / #16-24<br />
Loretta George / Bush Medicine / #19-24<br />
Travis Seccin / Waterfall / #20-24<br />
Travis Seccin / Turtle & Truck / #21-24<br />
Lancetta Ashley / Basket & Yams / #424-23<br />
Major Cameron / Goannas/ #73-24<br />
Scotty Hall / Fish / #683-23<br />
Fabian Sandy / Barramundi & Filesnake / #24-24<br />
Travis Seccin / Buffalo & Truck / #22-24<br />
Julie Ashley / Three Baskets / #429-23<br />
Brett Bush / Mimi Family / #428-23<br />
Frankie Lane / Fish & Goanna / #426-23<br />
Brett Bush / Birds / #421-23<br />
Frankie Lane / Duck & Snake / #420-23<br />
Revonna Lane / Baskets & Fruits / #423-23<br />
M.Blanasi / Kangaroo / #427-23<br />
$267<br />
$267<br />
$240<br />
$240<br />
$320<br />
$180<br />
$267<br />
$240<br />
$293<br />
$320<br />
$180<br />
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$300<br />
$320<br />
$267<br />
$263<br />
$240<br />
$240<br />
$353
Fibre Art<br />
Sylvia Campion / Mimi Spirit / #6-24<br />
Sylvia Campion / Mimi Spirit / #9-24<br />
Sylvia Campion / Mimi Spirit / #33-24<br />
Sylvia Campion / Mimi Spirit / #48-24<br />
Sylvia Campion / Mimi Spirit / #50-24<br />
Sylvia Campion / Mimi Spirit / #51-24<br />
Sylvia Campion / Mimi / #139-24<br />
Sylvia Campion / Mimi / #140-24<br />
Sylvia Campion / Mimi / #141-24<br />
Sylvia Campion / Barramundi / #60-24<br />
Sylvia Campion / Woven Stingray / #144-24<br />
Sylvia Campion / Birds / #149-24<br />
Sylvia Campion /Flower / #150-24<br />
Julie Ashley / Woven Dragonfly / #463-23<br />
Julie Ashley / Woven Dragonfly / #528-23<br />
Julie Ashley / Woven Dragonfly / 701-23<br />
Julie Ashley / Woven Dragonfly / #44-24<br />
Julie Ashley / Woven Dragonfly / #79-24<br />
Noreena Ashley / Mukuy Spirit Figures / #121-24<br />
Noreena Ashley / Mukuy Spirit Figures / #122-24<br />
Noreena Ashley / Mukuy Spirit Figures / #129-24<br />
Noreena Ashley / Mukuy Spirit Figures / #132-24<br />
Noreena Ashley / Mukuy Spirit Figures / #133-24<br />
Rita Cameron / Woven Turtle / #184-24<br />
Betty Milikens / Large Woven Mat / #98-24<br />
$440<br />
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$440<br />
$440<br />
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$440<br />
$440<br />
$1,027<br />
$1,467<br />
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$440<br />
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$132<br />
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$132<br />
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$132<br />
$469<br />
$1,173
Artistic Carvings<br />
Bernadette Foster / Leaves / #551-23<br />
Bernadette Foster / Gumnuts / #152-24<br />
Bernadette Foster / Gumnuts / #153-24<br />
Bernadette Foster / Gum nuts / #154-24<br />
$147<br />
$117<br />
$117<br />
$103<br />
Lorrkon<br />
Bernadette Foster / Yams / #157-24<br />
Harry Malibirr / Goanna Song Line / #155-24<br />
Sylvia Campion / Flower / #150-24<br />
Sylvia Campion / Birds / #149-24<br />
$320<br />
$1760<br />
$440<br />
$440<br />
Canvas<br />
Harry Malibirr / My Dreaming’s / #116-24<br />
Harry Malibirr / Bat Dreaming / #145-24<br />
Harry Malibirr / Stone Blades / #147-24<br />
Harry Malibirr / Dingo and Bats / #156-24<br />
$1,173<br />
$1,173<br />
$1,173<br />
$1,173
Jewellery<br />
Noreena Ashley / Woven Copper Earrings / #217-24<br />
Desleigh Shields / Woven Copper Dilly Bag Earrings / #218-24<br />
Rita Cameron / Woven Gold Wire String Bag Earrings / #219-24<br />
Noreena Ashley / Woven Silver String Bag Earrings / #220-24<br />
Evangeline Wilson / Woven 9ct Gold & Silver Dilly Bag Earrings / #221-24<br />
Desleigh Shields / 9ct Gold & Silver Pendant / #222-24<br />
Evangeline Wilson / Woven Silver Dilly Bag Earrings / #223-24<br />
Desleigh Shields / Woven Silver Dilly Bag Earrings / #224-24<br />
Evangeline Wilson / Woven Copper Dilly Bag Pendant / #226-24<br />
Julie Ashley / Woven Silver Dilly Bag Earrings / #229-24<br />
Jesse Ashely Gundorrja / Woven Silver String Bag Earrings / #230-24<br />
Julie Ashley / Woven Copper Dilly Bag Pendant / #231-24<br />
Bernadette Foster (Rrumburra) / Woven Copper Dilly Bag Earrings/ #232-24<br />
Rita Cameron / Woven Copper Dilly Bag Earrings / #233-24<br />
Rita Cameron / Woven Silver Dilly Bag Earrings / #234-24<br />
$174<br />
$174<br />
$498<br />
$374<br />
$499<br />
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$374<br />
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$125<br />
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$125<br />
$174<br />
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$374
We gratefully acknowledge<br />
our principle sponsors