Madelene Purdie Australian, Gija, b. 1975
Warrambany of Warmun, 2021
ochre and acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 cm
4105
This is a painting of the Warrambany (flood) which Warmun experienced in 2011. In 2020 Warmun Community is still coming to grips with this devastating flood and it is rarely...
This is a painting of the Warrambany (flood) which Warmun experienced in 2011.
In 2020 Warmun Community is still coming to grips with this devastating flood and it is rarely talked about or depicted in artworks.
Madelene remembers the flood vividly, particularly the significant losses experienced by the Warmun Art Centre which lost 90% of all artworks that were in the Centre. Madelene paints the artworks being washed down Turkey Creek by the raging floodwaters. Familiar motifs are visible in these paintings such as Mabel Juli's Garnkiny Ngarranggarni (Moon Dreaming) and Lena Nyadbi's Dayiwul Ngarranggarni (Barramundi Dreaming).
Painting these narratives allow Madelene's generation to process the sense of loss which came with this horrific natural phenomenon.
In 2020 Warmun Community is still coming to grips with this devastating flood and it is rarely talked about or depicted in artworks.
Madelene remembers the flood vividly, particularly the significant losses experienced by the Warmun Art Centre which lost 90% of all artworks that were in the Centre. Madelene paints the artworks being washed down Turkey Creek by the raging floodwaters. Familiar motifs are visible in these paintings such as Mabel Juli's Garnkiny Ngarranggarni (Moon Dreaming) and Lena Nyadbi's Dayiwul Ngarranggarni (Barramundi Dreaming).
Painting these narratives allow Madelene's generation to process the sense of loss which came with this horrific natural phenomenon.