GUNYBI GANAMBARR: Gapu-Buḏap – Crossing the Water | New York
19 September 2024 – 08 November 2024
About Exhibition
Gunybi Ganambarr | Gapu-Buḏap – Crossing the Water is now on view in our New York gallery at 25 East 73rd Street.
The exhibition presents recent two- and three-dimensional works in bark and metal that reflect the innovative vision and skill of one of Buku-Larrŋgay Art Centre’s most important and groundbreaking artists.
Gapu-Buḏap – Crossing the Water is the first collaboration between D’Lan Contemporary, Ganambarr, and Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Art Centre, and the first solo exhibition for the artist in New York.
Gunybi Ganambarr is a Yolngu artist who lives and works at Gängän, near Yirrkala in north-east ArnhemLand in the Northern Territory. After working as a builder in his twenties – during which time he acquired many of the skills he now uses in his practice – he began his artistic career painting on bark and Larrakitj (hollow logs). He has since extended his practice to experiment and innovate with reclaimed materials found on his Country, including wood, rubber, glass, steel, galvanized iron, and aluminum. Under the tutelage of artists such as Gawirrin Gumana and Yumutjin Wunungmurra from his mother’s Dhaḻwaŋu clan, Ganambarr has assumed ceremonial authority, which also informs and influences his work.
His work has been exhibited in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Art Pudong, Qatar Museums and Harvard Art Museums, and is held in many institutional collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
The opening of Gapu-Buḏap– Crossing the Water coincides with the major touring exhibition, Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Bark Painting From Yirrkala, on view at the Asia Society in New York September 17, 2024 to January 5, 2025. Curated and narrated by the Yolŋu people of north-eastern Arnhem Land, the exhibition delves deep into the history of Yolŋu art practice and provides a context for the work of its leading artist, Gunybi Gunambarr.
Works
Gunybi Ganambarr, Spring water running through reeds, 2024
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Spring water running through reeds 2024
etched steel panel
228 x 125 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 6061-24
Sold
Gunybi Ganambarr, Dhalwaŋu saltwater I, 2024
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Dhalwaŋu saltwater I 2024
natural earth pigments on Stringybark
99.5 x 90 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 3459-24
Sold
Gunybi Ganambarr, Dhalwaŋu saltwater II, 2024
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Dhalwaŋu saltwater II 2024
etched Aluminium
90 x 90 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 86-24
Sold
Gunybi Ganambarr, Milŋurr Ŋaymil I, 2024
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Milŋurr Ŋaymil I 2024
natural earth pigments on Stringybark
153 x 88 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 3174-24
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Gunybi Ganambarr, Milŋurr Ŋaymil I, 2024
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Milŋurr Ŋaymil I 2024
etched steel panel
149 x 88 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 4134-24
Sold
Gunybi Ganambarr, Ḏarra I, 2024
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Ḏarra I 2024
etched steel panel
110 x 56 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, cat. no. 1364-24
$30,000
For Sale
Gunybi Ganambarr, Ḏarra II, 2024
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Ḏarra II 2024
natural earth pigments on Stringybark
126 x 71.5 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 3574-24
Sold
Gunybi Ganambarr, Garrapara I, 2022
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Garrapara I 2022
natural earth pigments on Stringybark
58 x 36 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 180-22
Sold
Gunybi Ganambarr, Garrapara II, 2023
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Garrapara II 2023
etched Aluminium
61.5 x 34 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 5701-23
Sold
Gunybi Ganambarr, Ŋaymil font, 2021
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Ŋaymil font 2021
etched Aluminium composite board
237 x 117.5 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 5684-21
Sold
Gunybi Ganambarr, Sacred Font I, 2023
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Sacred Font I 2023
etched Aluminium
81.5 x 92 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 7380-23
Sold
Gunybi Ganambarr, Buyku, 2024
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Buyku 2024
etched Aluminium
81.5 x 80 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 1611-24
Sold
Gunybi Ganambarr, Sacred Font II, 2024
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Sacred Font II 2024
etched Aluminium
110 x 103 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no.2989-24
$45,000
For Sale
Gunybi Ganambarr, Dhangultji, 2024
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Dhangultji 2024
metal
127.5 x 49 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 1209-24
Sold
Gunybi Ganambarr, Guḏurrku, 2024
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Guḏurrku 2024
galvanised steel
123.5 x 73 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 2935-24
Sold
Gunybi Ganambarr, Ŋaymil Wings, 2024
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Ŋaymil Wings 2024
galvanised steel
145 x 107 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 4263-24
$85,000
On Hold
Gunybi Ganambarr, Guṉḏalmirri, 2024
Gunybi Ganambarr,
Guṉḏalmirri 2024
etched Aluminium
250 x 150 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, created at Yirrkala, Northern Territory Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory, cat. no. 3883-24
Sold