Binygurr Wirrpanda, Guḏurrku, 2024 (AK23599), etching on reclaimed metal road sign, 60 x 59.5 cm

Alcaston Gallery presents Sacred Sisters, a solo exhibition by Binygurr Wirrpanda, a senior Dhuḏi Djapu ceremonial leader, Chair of Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, and revered artist from Yirrkala in north-east Arnhem Land.

Binygurr Wirrpanda’s artistic practice offers a lyrical expression of Dhuḏi Djapu miny’tji (sacred design) and ancestral knowledge. With a deft delicacy of hand and figurative expressiveness, Wirrpanda paints with natural earth pigments such as Gurrŋan (black earth pigments) and Gapan (white clay) onto stringybark and finely etches into reclaimed aluminium road signs. He reworks these surfaces into shimmering, evocative artworks that profoundly reinterpret sacred Dhudi Djapu poetic knowledge.

Opening event: Saturday 10 May, 11am – 3pm

Artist In-Conversation with Judith Ryan AM to commence 1 PM