MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA GABORI SALLY - DIBIRDIBI COUNTRY

 MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA GABORI SALLY
DIBIRDIBI COUNTRY,  2009
178 x 102 cm
Synthetic polymer on Belgian linen
 
PROVENANCE
Mornington Island, QLD
Mornington Island Artists, QLDRaft Artspace, N.TPrivate Collection, NSWCoo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW 
 
STORY
Dibirdibi Country conveys the story places of Dibirdibi, the Rock Cod ancestor, and charts his creative journey along the Bentinck Island coastline. These stories belonged to her late husband, Pat, whose traditional name was also Dibirdibi. This and other recent paintings by Gabori are increasingly abstract in nature but retain certain representational elements crucial to mapping her country, including the prominent Kaiadilt rock-walled fish traps, which here dominate the painting in the form of bold, mainly black and white forms.
 
EXHIBITED
The Bright The Bold & The Beautiful, March 2012, Coo-ee Art Gallery