Jonathan Jones: untitled (walam-wunga.galang)
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Jonathan Jones, Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi peoples, Dr Uncle Stan Grant Snr AM, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, Beatrice Murray, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, untitled (walam-wunga.galang) (detail and installation view), 2020–21, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Wesfarmers © Jonathan Jones
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'untitled (walam-wunga.galang) celebrates the south-east cultural practice of collecting seeds, grinding them to make flour, to make bread, feeding our families. This practice has occurred for countless generations in this region. A grindstone believed to be 32,000 years old was unearthed in central New South Wales, making us some of the world’s oldest bread-makers ... The process of shaping stone with stone speaks to our enduring presence and the strength of our knowledges.’
untitled (walam-wunga.galang) is a collaborative project with Uncle Stan Grant Senior and Beatrice Murray. It celebrates the south-east cultural practice of collecting seeds, grinding them to make flour, to make bread, feeding our families. This practice has occurred for countless generations in this region. A grindstone believed to be 32,000 years old was unearthed in central New South Wales, making us some of the world’s oldest bread-makers. Yet like most Aboriginal stories, this story has been ignored and displaced by Australia’s colonial narrative. This work is about bringing those stories to light. The project has drawn on the work of Uncle Bruce Pascoe and Bill Gammage, key thinkers within the conversation about how south-east Australia is understood.
This work was commissioned and generously supported by Wesfarmers Arts, Boorloo/Perth, the Gallery’s Indigenous Arts Partner since 2012.
Curator: Tina Baum, Gulumirrgin (Larrakia)/Wardaman/ Karajarri peoples, Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art
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Jonathan Jones, Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi peoples, Dr Uncle Stan Grant Snr AM, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, Beatrice Murray, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, untitled (walam-wunga.galang) (detail and installation view), 2020–21, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Wesfarmers © Jonathan Jones
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Jonathan Jones, Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi peoples, Dr Uncle Stan Grant Snr AM, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, Beatrice Murray, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, untitled (walam-wunga.galang) (detail and installation view), 2020–21, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Wesfarmers © Jonathan Jones
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Jonathan Jones, Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi peoples, Dr Uncle Stan Grant Snr AM, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, Beatrice Murray, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, untitled (walam-wunga.galang) (detail and installation view), 2020–21, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Wesfarmers © Jonathan Jones
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Jonathan Jones, Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi peoples, Dr Uncle Stan Grant Snr AM, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, Beatrice Murray, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, untitled (walam-wunga.galang) (detail and installation view), 2020–21, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Wesfarmers © Jonathan Jones
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Jonathan Jones, Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi peoples, Dr Uncle Stan Grant Snr AM, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, Beatrice Murray, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, untitled (walam-wunga.galang) (detail and installation view), 2020–21, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Wesfarmers © Jonathan Jones
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Jonathan Jones, Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi peoples, Dr Uncle Stan Grant Snr AM, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, Beatrice Murray, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, untitled (walam-wunga.galang) (detail and installation view), 2020–21, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Wesfarmers © Jonathan Jones
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Jonathan Jones, Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi peoples, Dr Uncle Stan Grant Snr AM, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, Beatrice Murray, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, untitled (walam-wunga.galang) (detail and installation view) 2020–21, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Wesfarmers © Jonathan Jones
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The artist working on ‘walam-wunga.galang (grindstones)’ at Henderson’s Marble & Granite in Tottenham, Victoria. Photo by Christian Capurro.
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National Gallery Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Tina Baum, Gulumirrgin (Larrakia)/Wardaman/Karajarri peoples pictured with Jonathan Jones, Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi peoples, Dr Uncle Stan Grant Snr AM, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, Beatrice Murray, Wiradjuri people, collaborator, untitled (walam-wunga.galang), 2020–21, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased with the assistance of Wesfarmers, © Jonathan Jones
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