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"Part of the exhibition “LA+003 | Malima + Numbulwar" This artwork is to be collected at LaPerouse Museum, Sydney in February 2027."
'I made Madhalag thinking about sitting on the sand, by the water, watching the waves, fishing.' Janette Murrungun created Madhalag with the beach in her mind. Its shape is a hill, a shell, a stone and a wave at the same time. The motifs represent life from the water; the patterns reflect the textures of her Country, Gulurrj, known as Rocky Point. Combining traditional materiality with ghost nets, a term for abandoned fishing nets that wash up on Numbulwar's shores, Madhalag brings together the old and the new. Locally harvested pandanus, dyed naturally with dhundha (red dye) and miyambu (yellow dye) found in roots and bulbs, was used for the earthy palette that represents the rocky formations that define the unique landscape of her homelands. Ghost nets were carefully dethreaded, scrubbed clean and woven to illustrate other features - the yellow sand, the blue-green water, turtles and now the introduced plastic that has made its mark on the landscape. Harvesting and repurposing this invasive material is a modern act of caring for Country for Janette, and reaffirms the unwavering connection between her and her Country, and the life that exists within it.
Dimensions: 39 × 98 × 57cm
Cat no: 500-22
"Part of the exhibition “LA+003 | Malima + Numbulwar" This artwork is to be collected at LaPerouse Museum, Sydney in February 2027."
'I made Madhalag thinking about sitting on the sand, by the water, watching the waves, fishing.' Janette Murrungun created Madhalag with the beach in her mind. Its shape is a hill, a shell, a stone and a wave at the same time. The motifs represent life from the water; the patterns reflect the textures of her Country, Gulurrj, known as Rocky Point. Combining traditional materiality with ghost nets, a term for abandoned fishing nets that wash up on Numbulwar's shores, Madhalag brings together the old and the new. Locally harvested pandanus, dyed naturally with dhundha (red dye) and miyambu (yellow dye) found in roots and bulbs, was used for the earthy palette that represents the rocky formations that define the unique landscape of her homelands. Ghost nets were carefully dethreaded, scrubbed clean and woven to illustrate other features - the yellow sand, the blue-green water, turtles and now the introduced plastic that has made its mark on the landscape. Harvesting and repurposing this invasive material is a modern act of caring for Country for Janette, and reaffirms the unwavering connection between her and her Country, and the life that exists within it.
Dimensions: 39 × 98 × 57cm
Cat no: 500-22