KLUGE-RUHE | Michelle Pulatuwayu Woody Minnapinni | Ngiya Murrakupupuni amintiya Jilamara (My Country and Art)

Ngiya Murrakupupuni amintiya Jilamara (My Country and Art) showcases the continuity and change that is central to Tiwi art and culture. Artist and curator Michelle Pulatuwayu Woody Minnapinni displays old and new works together to tell stories about family connection, Country, and culture.

This exhibition includes new work by Woody produced especially for the exhibition alongside historical Tiwi artworks from the Kluge-Ruhe collection. Bark painting, painting on canvas, tutuni (carved ironwood Pukumani pole), tunga (bark container), parmijini (arm and head bands), marriwiyi (pandanus skirt), and pwoja express a connection to ancestral practices as well as the ways in which these stories and practices change with each reinterpretation. Woody tells us, “It is important for us to look back and move forward together, tell that story and learn from each other.”