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Buku Larrnŋgay Mulka
Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre is the Indigenous community controlled Art Centre of Northeast Arnhem Land. Located in Yirrkala, a small Aboriginal community on the northeastern tip of the Top End of the Northern Territory, approximately 700km east of Darwin. Their primarily Yolŋu (Aboriginal) staff of around twenty, services Yirrkala and the approximately twenty-five homeland centres in the radius of 200km.
In the 1960’s, Narritjin Maymuru set up his own beachfront gallery from which he sold art that now graces many major museums and private collections. He is counted among the Art Centre’s main inspirations and founders. His vision of Yolŋu-owned business to sell Yolŋu art, that started with a shelter on a beach, has now grown into a thriving business that exhibits and sells globally.
Buku-Larrŋgay – “the feeling on your face as it is struck by the first rays of the sun (i.e. facing East)"
Mulka – “a sacred but public ceremony.”
In 1976, the Yolŋu artists established ‘Buku-Larrŋgay Arts’ in the old Mission health centre as an act of self-determination coinciding with the withdrawal of the Methodist Overseas Mission and the Land Rights and Homeland movements. In 1988, a new museum was built with a Bicentenary grant, housing a collection of works put together in the 1970s illustrating clan law and also the Message Sticks from 1935 and the Yirrkala Church Panels from 1963.
In 1996, a screen print workshop and extra gallery spaces were added to provide a range of different mediums for artists to explore. In 2007, The Mulka Project was added which houses and displays a collection of tens of thousands of historical images and films as well as creating new digital product.
Still on the same site but in a greatly expanded premises Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre now consists of two divisions; the Yirrkala Art Centre, which represents Yolŋu artists exhibiting and selling contemporary art, and The Mulka Project, which acts as a digital production studio and archiving centre incorporating the museum.
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Shipping policy
Domestic postage is included in the sale price. Larger artworks are sent via Startrack and tracking numbers are provided. Prints and smaller items are sent via registered Australia Post. We expect a high number of sales which may cause delays with processing and packing. We thank you for your patience. From the time of collection delivery with Startrack and Australia Post takes approximately 7-10 working days. International purchases are sent via DHL and incur additional cost.
All barks are sold with an aluminium framing system allowing the work to be hung directly onto your wall. Larrakitj and carvings will not include stands or supports for display. Please email [email protected] or leave a message in your sale for more information on the manufacture of Larrakitj and sculpture stands or supports. All prints are sold unframed.
Refund policy
Refunds will be considered on a case-by-case basis. All artworks are insured and should damage occur in transit the customer will be offered the options to repair, exchange or refund the work.
Return policy
In the case of damage the art centre will arrange the pick up and return of the work.
