Ngarrgoorroon Country
Patrick Mung Mung
2006 | natural ochre and pigments on canvas |accession number 742
purchased by the Art Board 2006 - Murdoch University Art Collection

Patrick MUNG MUNG

born circa 1948, Spring Creek, Western Australia
lives and works Turkey Creek, Western Australia
Gija language group
Juwurru skin group

Mung Mung is a senior artist and elder statesman in the Warmun Community which is situated at Turkey Creek in Western Australia’s East Kimberley region. Mung Mung was instrumental in establishing the community-owned art centre at Warmun in 1998. He is currently chairperson of the Warmun Art Centre.

Ngarragoorroon Country depicts Mung Mung’s family country which is located north of the Bungle Bungles in Purnululu National Park. This area is abundant with hilly terrain and waterholes. The artist’s family spends most weekends here camping, fishing and hunting for bush tucker.

Patrick’s work is influenced by the previous and highly regarded first generation of Warmun artists, including his father George Mung Mung and Rover Thomas. Patrick’s work has similar lyrical and compositional features and like his predecessors, his paintings have a fine and elegant quality. Mung Mung’s knowledge of his country and family’s cultural memory are powerfully related through his art. The artist possesses a quiet wisdom and, like his father, is a strong cross-cultural communicator.

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