Robby Wirramanda: Walpa Winaka (To burn and leave)
Robby Wirramanda, an artist from Chinkapook in Central Victoria, is a rising star within the Australian Contemporary Art scene. With a lyrical treatment of line reminiscent of George Tjungurrayi, Wirramanda frequently paints the salt flats of Lake Tyrrell near where he grew up. What perhaps sets his work apart from many of his contemporaries is …
Robby Wirramanda, an artist from Chinkapook in Central Victoria, is a rising star within the Australian Contemporary Art scene. With a lyrical treatment of line reminiscent of George Tjungurrayi, Wirramanda frequently paints the salt flats of Lake Tyrrell near where he grew up. What perhaps sets his work apart from many of his contemporaries is his emphasis on the parallel between the land and his own psyche. Although many Indigenous Australian artists – and indeed many landscape artists from the Western Canon – have explored this dichotomy …
