{"product_id":"midawarr-harvest-the-art-of-mulkun-wirrpanda-and-john-wolseley-2","title":"Midawarr | Harvest: The Art of Mulkun Wirrpanda and John Wolseley","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwo artists, two completely different approaches, but one abiding passion — to celebrate the natural bounty to be found in the floodplains, swamps, savannas and woodlands of northern Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMulku\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003en\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWirrpanda and John Wolseley, her adopted \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewäwa \u003c\/em\u003e(brother), have created a powerful body of works depicting many of the edible plants of north-east Arnhem Land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’I made this painting after eating \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebu\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003en\u003c\/u\u003edjuŋu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e[bush orange] … I was thinking about how we used to eat when I was a child … I was thinking about nowadays … and about the rubbish that our children eat.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd so Mulku\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003en\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWirrpanda, a senior elder of the Dhu\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ed\u003c\/u\u003ei-Djapu clan, resolved to paint the traditional food plants of her Yolŋu community to safeguard this knowledge for future generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe suite of bark paintings Mulku\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003en\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecreated is the subject of this lavishly illustrated book for the National Museum of Australia’s new exhibition, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMi\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ed\u003c\/u\u003eawarr | Harvest: The Art of Mulku\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003en\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWirrpanda and John Wolseley\u003c\/em\u003e. Providing a natural counterpoint to these works is a vast and beautifully detailed scroll by renowned landscape painter John Wolseley. The supporting text draws on the wealth of Yolŋu botanical knowledge, describing the food and medicinal plants featured in the paintings and how they are collected, prepared and used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor: Will Stubbs and John Wolseley\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781921953316\u003cbr\u003eType: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 205 x 310mm\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: National Museum of Australia\u003cbr\u003ePublished Date: January 2018\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NMA Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46522112540808,"sku":"9781921953316","price":49.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/8895\/1432\/products\/MidawarrCOVER300dpimed.jpg?v=1603168060","url":"https:\/\/shop.nma.gov.au\/products\/midawarr-harvest-the-art-of-mulkun-wirrpanda-and-john-wolseley-2","provider":"National Museum Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}