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- Artist: Christine Burarrwanga
- Title: 2 Dugong
- Region: Yirrikala
- Size: 35cm x 25cm
- Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Christine Burarrwanga – Artist from Yirrkala, N.E Arnhem Land
Christine is a Yolngu woman deeply connected to her culture. Christine has inherited her artistic style from her mother, which comes from her ancestors’ knowledge, lore and stories.
Christine has also released a book with Lucy Van Sambeek called “The Life of Tree.” This children’s therapeutic picture book creates a culturally safe space for Aboriginal children to express difficult emotions around their experiences with family violence. Through their organisation ‘metaphorically Speaking’, Christine offers culturally safe counselling and therapeutic services to Aboriginal women, children and families using both Western counselling methodologies and traditional Aboriginal healing methods.
'Baru' is recognised by Yolngu as being part of the Yirritja moiety. For artists of the Madarrpa and Gumatj clans. The figurative representation in artworks is frequently accompanied by elongated diamond-patterned designs which are representative of the serrated bumps along a crocodile's back. For Yolngu 'Baru' is an animal to be treated with great respect.
