current Exhibitions
DJAKANGU YUNUPINGU • Djulpan - Heavenly Women
Alcaston Gallery is honoured to present new paintings on bark, timber board and larrkitj poles by Yolngu artist Djakangu Yunupingu in her second solo exhibition Djulpan - Heavenly Women at the Alcaston Gallery Exhibition Space – 84 William Street Melbourne from 5 April – 3 May 2024.
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Djakangu Yunupingu’s celestial paintings depict the Yolngu poetic law of the Djulpan story; the story of the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades constellation, a cluster of stars that appears in the western sky above Arnhem Land during April.
Yunupingu's refined practice and exquisite sense of composition across larrakitj, bark, and timber board demonstrate both a continuation of a powerful family lineage, but also affirm her standing within the contemporary art context.
Following her sell-out debut solo exhibition at Alcaston Gallery in 2023, Yunupingu was invited to present a prominent solo installation at the 2023 Tarnanthi, Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide.
Yunupingu presents her second solo exhibition, Djulpan - Heavenly Women at the Alcaston Gallery Exhibition Space – 84 William Street Melbourne from 5 April – 3 May 2024.
© The Artist, Buku-Larrnggay Mulka and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne 2024
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Meet The Artist Event
Saturday 13 April 11am - 3pm
Artist Discussion 2pm
Please join us to meet the artist Djakangu Yunupingu and enjoy a special Q+A discussion between the artist and Judith Ryan AM, Senior Curator, Art Museums, The University of Melbourne.
Alcaston Gallery Exhibition Space
84 William Street Naarm/Melbourne
