New artworks by Malcolm Maloney Jagamarra

25.02.08 | by Sabine Haider

Central Art is excited to release three new artworks by Malcolm Maloney Jagamarra: Lander River Frog Dreaming (Purda Punta) Lander River The Lander River paintings...

Central Art is excited to release three new artworks by Malcolm Maloney Jagamarra:

The Lander River paintings depict the Lander River system, 200 miles north-west of Alice Springs. Lander River is the birthplace of Malcolm Jagamarra and a significant site for the Warlpiri Aboriginal people, where ceremonies, sacred songs, dance cycles and Dreamings emerge.

The Frog Dreaming is also strongly tied to the Lander River. The frog (Purda Punta) buries itself underground in the Lander river system and surfaces only, when the river floods (can be up to seven years).