Maralinga
Maralinga by South Australian based artist Josina Pumani.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Josina Pumani was born and raised in Mimili, a remote Aboriginal community on the APY Lands in South Australia and now lives in Adelaide. Josina started working at Mimili Maku Arts in 2009 and has been working at the APY Studio Adelaide since it opened in 2019. Josina comes from a long line of community leaders and artists. Her mother was Ngulpula Pumani, her aunty is celebrated APY artist Betty Pumani and her older sister is chair of the APYACC and Anangu educator and advocate, Sandra Pumani. Josina began her ceramics practice in early 2024.
Josina’s pots tell the Maralinga story. Maralinga was the site of British nuclear tests in the mid-1950s that covered an area of 3,300 square kilometres across the remote north of South Australia. The effects of Maralinga were severe and have had lasting impacts on the Anangu people whose lives, lands and livelihood were destroyed. “Maralinga hurt our lands and people and our story needs to be told,” said Josina. Josina recounts how the Maralinga story is within all her people and that “we think about it all the time. Why did this happen to us?” Nearly 70 years on the damage still informs the lives of Anangu people on the APY Lands. Josina’s uncle Yami Lester was blinded by the nuclear testing and her grandparents often spoke about the impacts of the bombing and how so many people lost their land, homes and lives. Notably the welts and burns people suffered.
PRODUCT DETAILS:
Catalogue Number: 602-24AS
Material: ceramic
Dimensions: 400 x 350
Due to the handmade nature of the products dimensions may vary on individual pieces.
THIS PIECE IS ON DISPLAY AS PART OF THE 'JOSINA PUMANI & LESHAYE SWAN' EXHIBITION.
THE EXHIBITION RUNS UNTIL JULY 27th, 2025. ANY SOLD WORK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION OR DELIVERY IN EARLY AUGUST 2025.
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Handmade in Australia.