• ACAE Gallery
• Time: Apr 01,2025

Barks: A Rare View

Barks: A rare view - installation view, ACAE Gallery, 82a Wellington Street Collingwood VIC 3066

Johnny Bulunbulun, Laurie Maarbuduc and Zhou Xiaoping

Dragon

2010-2011

Natural pigments on Eucalypt bark

Dimensions: 33 cm x 87 cm (H x W)

Johnny Bulunbulun(1946–2010) 

Untitled 

c.2010 

Natural pigments on Eucalyptus bark

Dimensions: 80.5 cm x 28.5 cm (H x W)

Jimmy Ngalakum 

Untitled 

c.2010 

Natural pigments on Eucalyptus bark 

Community: Maningrida, Western Arnhem Land

Dimensions: 99 cm x 44 cm (H x W)

Maker unknown

Baru (Crocodile) - Gumatj ancestral fire story

c.1970

Natural pigments on Eucalyptus bark

North East Arnhem Land

Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne, purchased from Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane 1999

Dimensions: 80.5 cm x 35.5 cm (H x W)

Wandjuk Marika (1930-1987) (attributed)

Rirratjingu clan, Dhuwa moiety, Gove Peninsula

Djanda, Sacred goannas of the djan'kawu

c.1970

Natural pigments on Eucalyptus bark

Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne, acquired 1999, private collection Darwin

Dimensions: 89 cm x 34 cm (H x W)

Maker unknown

From Milingimbi (cloud patterns, sting ray & cuttlefish ?)

c.1970

Natural pigments on Eucalyptus bark

Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne, purchased from Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane 1999

Dimensions: 104 cm x 34.5 cm (H x W)

Maker unknown

Snake

c.1970

Natural pigments on Eucalyptus bark

Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne, purchased from Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane 1999

Dimensions: 55.5 cm x 16 cm (H x W)

Maker unknown

Mokoy (trickster spirit)

c.1970

Natural pigments on Eucalyptus bark

Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne, purchased from Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane 1999

Dimensions: 51 cm x 13.5 cm (H x W)

Maker unknown

Wagalak Sisters story (ceremonial)

c.1970

Natural pigments on Eucalyptus bark

Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne, purchased from Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane 1999

Dimensions: 73.3 cm x 55.3 cm (H x W)

Maker unknown

Kangaroo

c.1970

Natural pigments on Eucalyptus bark

Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne, purchased from Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane 1999

Dimensions: 24 cm x 14 cm (H x W)

Maker unknown

Natural pigments on Eucalyptus bark

Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne, purchased from Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane 1999

Dimensions: 89 cm x 36 cm (H x W)

Charlie Mardigan 1926-1986

Barramundi

c. 1970s

Wadeye / Port Keats

Natural pigments on Eucalyptus bark

Dimensions: 43 cm x 77.5 cm (H x W)