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INSPIRED: COLLECTORS EDITION

17 Thurlow St, Redern, NSW 2016

01 April - 29 April 2023

INSPIRED: COLLECTORS EDITION

17 Thurlow St, Redern, NSW 2016

01 April - 29 April 2023

Few areas in Australia, if any, have an artistic history reaching further back than the Western Kimberley. Here, the artistic tradition stems from rock painting, mostly of the deeply important Wandjina Deity, which still forms the basis of contemporary imagery, now painted mostly on bark and canvas. Some Wandjina cave paintings date as far back as 40,000 years.

There are few things more deeply rooted in this continent. The artists still use the very marrow of their land – natural earth pigments (ochres) – dug from the soil to relate their Country on canvas.

In the East Kimberley however, the artistic practice finds its roots more recently, formed around the founders of the Gija art movement, including Rover Thomas, Paddy Jaminji and Hector Jandany. Queenie McKenzie, under the urging of Rover Thomas, was the first female Kimberley artist to paint and exhibit her own works.

Developed most famously by Rover Thomas, the language of landscape is unique to this area, with Country viewed neither from the birds eye perspective prominent in Central and Western Desert art, nor from the standing viewpoint employed by European landscape painters. These paintings can be restrained, using few colours to depict vast swathes of land.

Yet artists often populate the landscape, as did Queenie McKenzie and Hector Jandany, both of whom populated their canvases with a mix of traditional Gija and Christian iconography. Many of Rover Thomas and Paddy Jaminji’s figurative works are built around the important Kril Kril ceremony. Many of these works, now housed in major collections, still bear the handprints from their ceremonial use.

FREDDIE TIMMS - MY COUNTRY

FREDDIE TIMMS - MY COUNTRY

price

AU$140,000.00

LILY KARADADA - WANDJINA - RAIN SPIRITS

LILY KARADADA - WANDJINA - RAIN SPIRITS

price

AU$10,000.00

GOODIE BARRATT - DINGO DREAMING

GOODIE BARRATT - DINGO DREAMING

price

AU$5,000.00

HECTOR JANDANY - HOW THE RAINBOW SNAKE DROWNED HECTOR'S GRANDFATHER

HECTOR JANDANY - HOW THE RAINBOW SNAKE DROWNED HECTOR'S GRANDFATHER

price

AU$3,000.00

HENRY WAMBINY - HILLS OF TICKALARA

HENRY WAMBINY - HILLS OF TICKALARA

price

AU$2,500.00

MABEL WIRINGGOON JULI - KARNGIN NGARRANGKARNI (MOON DREAMING)

MABEL WIRINGGOON JULI - KARNGIN NGARRANGKARNI (MOON DREAMING)

price

AU$2,000.00

COLLEEN CARTER - SUGARBAG YARD, BOW RIVER

COLLEEN CARTER - SUGARBAG YARD, BOW RIVER

price

AU$1,800.00

CLANCY PATRICK - PURNULULU

CLANCY PATRICK - PURNULULU

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AU$0.00

PATRICK MUNG MUNG - UNTITLED

PATRICK MUNG MUNG - UNTITLED

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AU$0.00

JACK BRITTEN - GURIRR GURIRR

JACK BRITTEN - GURIRR GURIRR

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AU$0.00

QUEENIE MCKENZIE - UNTITLED

QUEENIE MCKENZIE - UNTITLED

price

AU$15,000.00

QUEENIE MCKENZIE - JOOGOOROO

QUEENIE MCKENZIE - JOOGOOROO

price

AU$6,000.00

SHIRLEY PURDIE - SANDFROG DREAMING

SHIRLEY PURDIE - SANDFROG DREAMING

price

AU$4,500.00

JACK BRITTEN - GOONDARRINYARRIN – PURNULULU

JACK BRITTEN - GOONDARRINYARRIN – PURNULULU

price

AU$3,000.00

GORDON BARNEY - BELANJI, BIRRNO COUNTRY

GORDON BARNEY - BELANJI, BIRRNO COUNTRY

price

AU$2,000.00

TOMMY CARROLL - SNAKE DREAMING – DOON DOON

TOMMY CARROLL - SNAKE DREAMING – DOON DOON

price

AU$2,000.00

BETTY CARRINGTON - UNTITLED (MY COUNTRY)

BETTY CARRINGTON - UNTITLED (MY COUNTRY)

price

AU$1,800.00

BEERBEE MUNGNARI - CARLTON RIDGE

BEERBEE MUNGNARI - CARLTON RIDGE

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AU$0.00

PATRICK MUNG MUNG - PURNULULA

PATRICK MUNG MUNG - PURNULULA

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AU$0.00

HECTOR JANDANY - JOONGOORRA

HECTOR JANDANY - JOONGOORRA

price

AU$12,000.00

HECTOR JANDANY - GOWARING (HILL AND WATERHOLES - HUNTING PLACE)

HECTOR JANDANY - GOWARING (HILL AND WATERHOLES - HUNTING PLACE)

price

AU$5,000.00

HECTOR JANDANY - BUNGNARUMBINE (FISHING PLACE)

HECTOR JANDANY - BUNGNARUMBINE (FISHING PLACE)

price

AU$3,500.00

TOMMY CARROLL - UNTITLED (GRANDFATHER'S COUNTRY)

TOMMY CARROLL - UNTITLED (GRANDFATHER'S COUNTRY)

price

AU$3,000.00

DAVID JANGALA COX - UNTITLED

DAVID JANGALA COX - UNTITLED

price

AU$2,000.00

KATIE COX - GIMMINBAR, LISSADELL STATION

KATIE COX - GIMMINBAR, LISSADELL STATION

price

AU$1,800.00

KATIE COX - HILLS OF WARMUN

KATIE COX - HILLS OF WARMUN

Sold

AU$0.00

MABEL WIRINGGOON JULI - UNTITLED

MABEL WIRINGGOON JULI - UNTITLED

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AU$0.00

GORDON BARNEY - BIRMO HILLS

GORDON BARNEY - BIRMO HILLS

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AU$0.00

EX INSPIRED

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