Ginger Riley Munduwalawala

Ginger Riley Munduwalawala
Born c. 1937[1]
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia[1]
Died 1 September 2002(2002-09-01)[1]
Borroloola, Northern Territory, Australia[1]
Nationality Australian[1]
Awards

Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (circa 1937 – 1 September 2002) was an Australian contemporary artist. He was born in Marra country, in the Limmen Bight area of the Gulf of Carpentaria coast. His first language was Marra,[5] now a critically endangered language. Riley became an artist during the 1950s as a result of his encounter with Albert Namatjira.

Riley was known for his distinctive style of using bright pallet to paint a landscape of Gulf of Carpentaria, populated by mythological figures who created the region.[4] His art is a fusion of "Aboriginal" and "contemporary".[1] He was referred as "the boss of colour".[6] Riley was awarded the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 1987, the Northern Territory's Alice Prize in 1992, John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize in 1993,[4] the first National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Commission Award in 1993 and an Australia Council Fellowship for 1997/98.[2]

The National Gallery of Victoria held a 10-year retrospective of his work in 1997. It was the first time a public institution in Australia honoured a living Aboriginal artist in this way.[2][7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hossack, Rebecca (9 September 2002). "Ginger Riley Munduwalawala - Aboriginal artist with a highly individual style". The Independent. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Death of Mr Ginger Riley Munduwalawala" (PDF). JOURNALS OF THE SENATE. No. 31. TUESDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2002. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. 17 September 2002. pp. 737–738.
  3. ↑ "The Alice Prize - past winners and judges". The Alice Prize.
  4. 1 2 3 Ginger Riley, by Grace and Tamara
  5. ↑ Ryan, J., Riley, G., & National Gallery of Victoria. (1997). Ginger Riley. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria.
  6. ↑ Ginger Riley, the 'boss of colour', dies, by Larissa Dubecki, September 3, 2002
  7. ↑ Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, Biography, National Gallery of Victoria

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