Custodians: Country and Culture

This is a boxed folio of ten limited edition prints by ten outstanding Indigenous Australian artists. Custodians celebrates the strength and diversity of leading Aboriginal contemporary artists in a representative survey of art from the Top End, Kimberley and Central Australia. Custodians is defined by a carefully focused curatorial process in which artists were selected and invited to participate on the strength of their artistic output and cultural standing.

01 Bardayal Nadjamerrek
Ankung Kunred 2008
etching and screenprint, 50 x 39cm
Collaborators/plate-makers: Basil Hall and Monique Auricchio
Printers: Basil Hall, Jacqueline Gribbin and Clinton Barker

02 Dorothy Napangardi
Salt on Mina Mina 2008
etching, 50 x 39cm
Collaborator/plate-maker: Basil Hall
Printers: Basil Hall and Merran Sierakowski

03 Gulumbu Yunupingu
Garak 2008
etching, 50 x 39cm
Collaborators/plate-makers: Basil Hall and Jacqueline Gribbin
Printers: Jacqueline Gribbin and Monique Auricchio

04 Judy Napangardi Watson
Mia Mina Jukurrpa 2008
screenprint, 39 x 50cm
Collaborators/plate-makers: Warlukurlangu staff and Basil Hall
Printer: Clinton Barker

05 Gawirrin Gumana
Baraltja 2008
etching, 50 x 39cm
Collaborators/plate-makers: Buku–Larrnggay Mulka staff and Basil Hall
Printers: Basil Hall and Merran Sierakowski

06 Janangoo Butcher Cherel
Girndi 2008
etching and screenprint, 50 x 39cm
Collaborator/plate-maker: Basil Hall
Printers: Clinton Barker, Basil Hall and Merran Sierakowski

07 Jean Baptiste Apuatimi
Jirtaka (sawfish) 2008
screenprint, 50 x 39cm
Collaborators/plate-makers: Tiwi Design staff and Jacqueline Gribbin
Printer: Clinton Barker

08 Kathleen Petyarre
Arnkerrth 2008
etching and screenprint, 39 x 50cm
Collaborators/plate-makers: Gallerie Australis staff and Basil Hall
Printers: Merran Sierakowski and Sean Smith

09 Lena Nyadbi
Gimenbayin Cave 2008
etching, 50 x 39cm
Collaborator/plate-makers: Warmun Arts staff and Basil Hall
Printers: Basil Hall and Merran Sierakowski
Lena Nyadbi courtesy Warmun Art Centre

10 Regina Pilawuk Wilson
Syaw (fish-net) 2008
etching, 50 x 39cm
Collaborators/plate-makers: Basil Hall and Jacqueline Gribbin
Printers: Jacqueline Gribbin and Monique Auricchio