JAN BILLYCAN - KIRRIWIRRI
JAN BILLYCAN
KIRRIWIRRI, 2005
165 x 106 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas
PROVENANCE
Bidyadanga, WA
Short Street Gallery, WAPrivate Collection, WACooee Art Gallery, NSW
STORY
This place is the birth place of my father's clan. Our clan is also named Kirriwirri, and call each individual members of this clan Kirriwirri. There is a a big warla (mud flat) at this place. This is what this painting is about. Kirriwirri is in the Great Sandy Desert close to and west of Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route. It is the birth place of Jan and her family. This work shows tali (sand dunes) and jila (living water).ā€¯
EXHIBITED
Cooee Art Gallery at Australian Galleries, April 2016, Australian Galleries Sydney