Ngarra (me)
Barrata Marika, Yolngu / Australian, born 1987
Unidentified Yolngu maker
Yirrkala
Northeast Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia
2010
Photographic linocut on Magnami Pescio
Overall: 8 1/4 × 11 13/16 in. (21 × 30 cm)
Frame: 15 3/4 × 23 1/8 in. (40 × 58.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
© Barrata Marika
2016.1.190
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
21st century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Label
The expressive greens, yellows, blues, and oranges emanating from the center of this self-portrait vibrantly capture the personality of the artist, shining out as though glowing themselves. The everyday and the imagined come together in the carefully hand-drawn additions of wings and a halo around the central figure; dressed in a contemporary collared shirt, she seems to exist as simultaneously ordinary and spiritually powerful. The full control the artist has over their own representation can be a powerful tool for self-expression and literal self-determination, especially for Indigenous artists.
From the 2024 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 121, Across Oceans: Indigenous Solidarity in the Pacific and Beyond, curated by Kaitlyn Anderson '24, Conroy Intern
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 121, Across Oceans: Indigenous Solidarity in the Pacific and Beyond, Kaitlyn Anderson '24, Conroy Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 2 – December 21, 2024.
A Space for Dialogue 121, Across Oceans: Indigenous Solidarity Throughout Pasifika and Beyond, Kaitlyn Anderson '24, Conroy Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 2 – December 21, 2024.
Provenance
Buku Larrnggay Mulka, Yirrkala via Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina; given to present collection, 2016.
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