The Cross Art Projects foregrounds contemporary work and curatorial projects that reflect the multiple relationships between art, life and the public sphere, and explores the boundaries of this context. We are attentive to the local without sacrificing the scope of Indigenous and international views. Cross Art enhances its projects with conversations, walks and events.
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We are on Gadigal Land where Sovereignty has never been ceded. Australia always was and always will be, Aboriginal land. We work towards an inclusive culture and society with equal rights for all.
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Current Show
GATHERING II: Dhatam, Maypal, Yukuwa / Water Lily, Shellfish, Yam
Munhala Dhamarrandji
Merrkiyawuy #2 Munungurr
Djirrirra Wununmurra
Opening Wednesday 5 November, 6 pm
With a conversation by Dr Denise Salvestro: ‘How innovative printmaking gave Yolngu women the space to enter the contemporary art world’
Exhibition runs 1 November to 5 December 2025
The Cross Art Projects
In proud collaboration with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre
Gathering II presents three female artists who paint three key foods from bush and sea. Munhala Dhamarrandji depicts batjimurrungu, a graceful angled ear snail shell belonging to the Maypal group of edible foods; Merrkiyawuy #2 Mununggurr depicts fields of dhatam or waterlily seed pods floating on sacred water; and Djirrirra Wunungmurra paints yukuwa or yam, the sinuous plant that links Yolngu clans.
Accompanying these bark paintings are a selection of works on paper that celebrate gathering and observing foods by renowned artists Marrnyula Mununggurr, Muluymuluy Wirrpanda, the late Mrs M. Wirrpanda and Yalmakany Marawilli. All the artists except for Munhala Dhamarrandji and Bayalki Dhamarrandji have shown previously at The Cross Art Projects, making this a special seasonal gathering.
(L) Merrkiyawuy #2 Mununggurr, Dhatam, 2024, natural ochres on bark, 114.5 x 50cm (#4898-24)
(R) Munhala Dhamarrandji, Batjimurrungu, 2022, natural ochres on bark, 155 x 86cm (#2184-22)