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Aboriginal rock painting of Mimi spirits in the Anbangbang gallery at Nourlangie Rock. Mimis (or Mimih spirits [1]) are fairy-like beings of Arnhem Land in the folklore of the Aboriginal Australians of northern Australia. They are described as having extremely thin and elongated bodies, so thin as to be in danger of breaking in case of a high wind.
Crusoe Kuningbal primarily focused his artwork on portraying the mimih. [2] Mimih spirits are tall, thin, fragile spirit beings that inhabit Arnhem Land, specifically rocky areas and act in mischievous ways. [2] In the beginning of his career as a sculptor of mimih spirits in the 1980s, they sold from $12-$50. [3]
Depictions of the Mimih spirits is abundant in the region's rock art, and some say that the Mimih painted the art themselves to reveal their way of life. [ 6 ] Kunningbul was the first and only Maningrida artist to depict Mimih figures in sculptural form from the 1960s to the 1980s, despite the subject being a commonplace in bark paintings from ...
Through his designs, Marralwanga represented the power of the original ancestral spirits, the Djang. [7] In fact, the designs that these Djang wore on their bodies were first translated to body paintings of indigenous people during ceremony, and then served as the inspiration for bark painters such as Peter Marralwanga. [ 7 ]
Owen Yalandja (born 1961) is Aboriginal Australian carver, painter and singer of the Kuninjku people from western Arnhem Land, Australia.A senior member of the Dangkorlo clan, who are the Indigenous custodians of an important site related to female water spirits known as yawkyawk, Yalandja has become internationally renowned for his painted carvings of these spirits, as well as his paintings ...
Bardayal ‘Lofty’ Nadjamerrek's work included bark paintings, etchings, paper and print media works, as well as other reprographic techniques. His work investigates the connection between humans and nature, as well as ancient traditions while reflecting his Country and heritage and often illustrating stories which carry deep cultural ...
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2 of his paintings are at the National Gallery of Victoria Manwuriwuri Corroboree (1969) and Mimih Spirits (1988) [16] Injalak Hill [17] Bobby Nganjmirra is specifically credited for his 1930 kangaroo painting and others in 1984. [6] National Gallery Australia. The National Gallery Australia has 31 works credited to Nganjimirra.