Gulumbu Yunupingu

Gulumbu Yunupingu ( born 1943 in Gunyangara on the Gove Peninsula, Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, Australia, † May 10, 2012 ibid ) was an artist and women -Elder of Gumatj, a clan of the Yolngu Aboriginesstamms (whose first name Gulumbu in the tradition is no longer called the Yolngu after her death and her image is no longer shown).

Name

According to the Sepulkralkultur the Yolngu her name is no longer called after her death and her image are no longer shown instead to the terms Ms Yunupingu or Djotarra be used.

Person and family

Little is known about the early life of the artist. My father's name was Munggurrawuy Yunupingu and her mother Makurrngu, both were Elder. They had four children together, three of whom died early. Her husband was also an artist, in 1990 the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award First Prize. 26 years before her death she translated the Bible into Gumatj, a dialect of the language Yolgnu Matha. As women -Elder were among their tasks the preservation of Aboriginal culture as well as the notification to the clan children. She practiced as a healer. Her younger brothers were Galarrwuy Yunupingu and the deceased in June 2013 bandleader Mr Yunupingu of Yothu Yindi.

She was with the artist Mutitjpuy Munungurr (1932-1993) married.

Work

She has exhibited nationally and internationally. The themes of her work dealt mainly the universe and the stars. With her art work Garak, The Universe, she won the 21st Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, which was handed over to her in May 2004 at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. The price was endowed with AUD 40,000. 2006 was exhibited by her on the occasion of the reopening of the Musée du quai Branly in Paris. In 2012 kamein 7 times 3 meters of wood from her great work in building the Australian National University to prepare. The one ton vast artwork Garrurru represents a sail of Makassar, which for centuries for trepang catch came with their sailing ships off the northern coast of Australia.