HELEN S. TIERNAN - TUPAIAĀ€™S SKETCHBOOKS - BOTANY BAY NATIVES

 HELEN S. TIERNAN
TUPAIAĀ€™S SKETCHBOOKS - BOTANY BAY NATIVES,  2017
60 x 179 cm
Oil on Canvas
 
PROVENANCE
Lake Tyers, VIC
Direct from the artist, ACTCooee Art Gallery, NSW 
 
STORY
Cook arrived in botany bay in 1770 but Tupaia couldnā€™t communicate with the Indigenous Gweagle peoples. There lied the conflict  or collision of different cultures. Tupaia sketched the Gweagle goiong about their business in their canoes fishing. The male in end canoe was in charge of the hunt. In the bottom of the picture the artist is making reference to the marine life that was etched into the sand stone walls  and platforms from these areas.
 
EXHIBITED
Transculturation: Sublime and Surreal Encounters of First Contact in the Antipodes, May 2017, Coo-ee Art Gallery