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Work on paper - Printmaking - Silkscreen, [Fruit Bats] bu Roy Burnyila
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Skin name: Bangardi
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Skin name: Bangardi ...
Roy BURNYILA (31/12/1954- )
Skin name: Bangardi
Language: Ganalbingu
Dreaming: Yirritja
Clan: Gurrumba Gurrumba
Region: Arnhem Land
Burnyila learnt to paint from his father. The Arafura Swamp and personal totems such as the Yalman (water lilies), Gumang (magpie geese), Warrnyu (flying fox), Banda (Longneck turtles) and Bapi (snakes) are featured inhis work. Burnyila is renowned for his single coloured lined rarrk (cross hatching).
Screenprint of fruit bats, printed in colour inks, from multiple stencils. The work features cross hatching (rarrk).roy burnyila, aboriginal