Kumptapi Mai Arem (from 'Garpa / Ground Paintings' series) 2023

Each of these artworks is a shield design completed in July 2023, made with natural pigments and ochres of red, yellow, black, white, brown and blue. The works in ‘Garpa/Ground Paintings’ series 2023 feature references to Arebaa – from the Yuri words for ‘sun’ (are) and ‘moon’ (baa) – in motifs and colours; for example, where the dominant colour is white, this is a tribute to the moon. Some of the artworks also feature faces, skulls, birds and abstracted landscapes that highlight Haus Yuriyal’s intricate connection to land and nature, as well as expressing their strong brotherhood and ancestry. The paintings are accompanied by photographic documentation of the collective during the making of the series.

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