Maningrida – Country Style 2025

Completing the extraordinary constellation of contemporary art stars assembled for our 2025 Country Style exhibition, Djinaŋ/Marung artists Serena Bonson and Jeremiah Bonson have produced a spectacular exhibition of new sculptural figures.

Living and working in Maningrida in the Northern Territory, both artists depict Warraburnburn – the Warrawarra clan’s name for the Wangarra (ghost spirits) that play a key role in community stories, indicating cycles of death, life, transitions and rebirth. Sleeping by day and emerging at night to hunt, dance, sing, laugh and play, these spirits are rendered by the Bonsons with carved stringybark in striking black and white.

The duo’s Warraburnburn figures will play out through the gallery as a spectacular, immersive, forest-like installation, reflecting the role of contemporary art-making in carrying stories across generations and connecting to a cultural tradition spanning many thousands of years.

To preview and acquire works by Serena Bonson and Jeremiah Bonson ahead of the exhibition’s opening at Michael Reid Murrurundi, please email colinesoria@michaelreid.com.au