Dry Season Wind – Jarracharra

Dry Season Wind – Jarracharra exhibition is a collection of textile art produced by indigenous women from the Maningrida region, in western Arnhem Land, Australia. The exhibition, an initiative of the remote Bábbarra Women’s Centre, was launched in 2019 at the Australian Embassy in Paris by five of its artists, attracting international attention and causing a huge stir across the indigenous textile and fashion sector. Since then, the exhibition toured several countries and now arrives in Portugal including a collection of 52 textile artworks handprinted by 20 artists.

The designs showcased in Jarracharra are inspired by the land where the artists come from. They feature simple, but enthusiastic motifs, such as sacred rocks, female water spirits, turtles, mud crabs, bush foods, food gathering sites and ceremonies, alongside narratives of djang, their ancient creation stories, which promote land and lifestyle protection for future generations, offering the world a new insight into Australian indigenous art.

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