RAMMEY RAMSEY - WARLAWOON COUNTRY (DIPTYCH)

 RAMMEY RAMSEY
WARLAWOON COUNTRY (DIPTYCH),  2008
100 x 200 cm (100 x 100 cm each)
Natural Earth Pigments on Belgian Linen
 
PROVENANCE
Kimberley, WA
Jirrawun Arts, WARaft Artspace, NTPrivate Collection, NSW 
 
STORY
Rammey Ramsey is a senior Gija man of Joongoora skin, whose ancestral Country lies to the west of Bedford Downs near Elgee Cliffs. Ramsey says:ā€�This is my place called Stony Creek, it is part of Warlawoon Country. They named me Warlawoon for my Country here. There is a Dreamtime waterhole there (shown in the middle, in blue), a place where many fish live.This is my mother and fatherā€™s Country. I own that Country from my mother and father. Lots of people used to live here with my parents.ā€¯Ramsey now lives in Bow River. His work is forever infused with the memory of Warlawoon Country together with a longing for Country his work teases out the complexities of Gija world-views and the impact of pastoral occupation on his land.
 
EXHIBITED
Sydney Contemporary Online 2021, November 2021, Cooee Art Redfern & Online