Biographie

Originally from Elcho Island in northern Australia, Aboriginal artist Peter Datjin Burarrwanga often deals with his favourite motif, the ganiny, an instrument used to bark Paper Bark Trees, a variety of eucalyptus that grows in the northern part of the continent. Collections: -Musée du Quai Branly, Paris -Musée des Confluences, Lyon -Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève, Switzerland -Kluge-Ruhe Collection, USA -Kerry Stokes Collection, Australia