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Burrut'tji (Lightning serpent) 2002

Accession No.
2003.156
Date Created
2002
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
150 x 92cm (irreg.)
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
natural pigments
Medium
Natural pigments on bark
Place Created
Yilpara, NT
Credit Line
Purchased 2003. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

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© Djambawa Marawili

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A painting in natural pigments on bark in the style of artists from eastern Arnhem Land
TRANSITIONS

Eastern Arnhem Land

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Exhibitions featuring this object

Zhou Xiaohu / China b.1960 / Utopian theatre 2006 / 11-channel video and fired clay installation, 11 DVDs (1:00 minute each, colour, stereo), 11 television monitors, 10 sets of headphones / Purchased 2007. The Queensland Government's Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund / Collection: QAGOMA / © Zhou Xiaohu

APT5

Dec 2006 - May 2007

An installation view of colourful, large-scale horse sculptures

'Sugar Spin'

Dec 2016 - Apr 2017

Anniebell Marrngamarrnga’s Yawkyawk (Female water spirit) pregnant with twins 2007, installed for ‘Transitions’, GOMA, February 2023 / © Anniebell Marrngamarrnga/Copyright Agency / Photograph: N Harth, QAGOMA

‘Transitions’

Aug 2022 - Jun 2023

Works by (l–r) Garry Namponan, Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, Craig Koomeeta and Jack Bell, installed at QAG for 'Great and Small', July 2025 / © The artists / Photograph: C Callistemon, QAGOMA

'Great and Small'

Jun 2025 - May 2027

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