GENEVIEVE KEMARR LOY - BUSH TURKEY TRACKS IN MY COUNTRY
GENEVIEVE KEMARR LOY
BUSH TURKEY TRACKS IN MY COUNTRY, 2012
180 x 100 cm
acrylic on linen
PROVENANCE
Atneltyeye, NT
Lauraine Diggens Fine Art, MelbourneCooee Art Gallery, Sydney
STORY
Like her father, Cowboy Pwerl, Genevieve depicts the tracks of the bush turkey makes as it searches for seeds and other tucker. On a more complex cultural level, this work is about ceremonies of the Anmatyerr people and the relationship between Genevieve and her country at Mosquito Bore, Utopia, Central Australia.
EXHIBITED
61st Blake Prize Director's Cut Exhibition, on-line, 16 Jan - 16 April 2013A Utopian Vision, October 2016, Cooee Art Gallery35th Anniversary Exhibition, Oxford Street, Dec 16- Jan 2017