David Malangi

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David Malangi
Born1927 (1927)
Mulanga, Northern Territory, Australia
Died19 June 1999(1999-06-19) (aged 71–72)
Yathalamarra, Northern Territory, Australia
Other namesDr David Daymirringu, Malanggi, Dollar Dave
Known forBark painting, contemporary Indigenous Australian art

David Malangi (1927 – 19 June 1999), also known as David Malangi Daymirringu, nicknamed Dollar Dave, was an

copyright
dispute.

Biography

David Malangi was born in 1927 at Mulanga, on the east bank of the Glyde River in Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, where he received initiation into Manyarrngu culture during his early years spent in the area.[1] He moved with his parents at a young age to Milingimbi Island, where there was a recently established Methodist mission. He eventually settled at Yathalamarra waterhole, to which his wives and mother had connections, as Balmbi women.[2]

He died on 19 June 1999 at Yathalamarra, also in Central Arnhem Land.[1]

Career

Malangi started taking painting seriously in the late 1950s and early 1960s, after World War II.[1] He was a bark painter that produced images on clear, red ochre, or black backgrounds, using much broader and bolder brushstrokes than other Arnhem Land bark painters. His work includes depictions of the sea eagle, crow, snake, and goanna.[citation needed] Wanggarr, the original creative spirits that were responsible for forming the land and making people, were also commonly seen in his paintings. More specifically, Malangi would paint images of the Djang'kawu sisters, who were accredited with creating the Dhuwa clans, and Gurrmirringu, a male spirit whose death and funeral ritual were popular subjects in his art.[2]

Malangi was the designated senior artist of the Manyarrngu and Djinang people

Ramingining.[4]

Australian one-dollar note

Reverse of the $1 note

The reproduction of one of his designs, depicting the mortuary feast of the ancestral hunter Gurrmirringu, appeared on the reverse of the Australian one-dollar note in 1966.[5] This was done originally without his knowledge. The Governor of the Reserve Bank explained that it was assumed by the Australian government that the art belonged to an "anonymous and probably long dead" artist.[6] It was acknowledged in 1967 with the release of the banknote, and he was later financially compensated after intervention by the Governor of the Reserve Bank, H. C. Coombs, as well as receiving a specially struck medal.[7]

The payment by the Reserve Bank to Malangi began issues of Aboriginal

copyright in Australia.[7][4]

Exhibitions

Malangi represented Australia at the

Aboriginal artists whose work was featured in the Biennale of Sydney in 1979. In 1983 his work was exhibited at the Australian Perspecta at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.[1]

In 1988, for the

hollow log coffins for the Aboriginal Memorial at the National Gallery of Australia.[1] There, he performed a regional ceremonial dance that was acceptable for the public alongside Paddy Dhatangu, Paddy Fordham Wainburranga, and Dhurrukuyu.[8] He travelled to New York City
in 1988 as part of the Dreamings exhibition of Aboriginal art.

In July 2004 an exhibition opened of David Malangi's work at the National Gallery of Australia called No Ordinary Place.[9]

Collections

References

  1. ^
    Art Gallery of NSW
    . Steven Miller in 'Tradition today: Indigenous art in Australia’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "David Malangi Daymirringu | MCA Australia". www.mca.com.au. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  3. ISSN 0314-6464
    .
  4. ^ a b "Ramingining art centre". Bula'Bula Arts. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ^ "David Malangi". The Australian Art Print Network. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  6. ISSN 1063-2921
    .
  7. ^ a b "No ordinary place: the art of David Malangi" (PDF). National Gallery of Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  8. ISSN 0093-1896
    .
  9. ^ "David Malangi in No Ordinary Place". Archived from the original on 15 September 2004.

External links

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