Click to enlarge1921 or c.1925 – 2002
- Region
- Kimberley
- Community
- Frog Hollow
- Language group
- Gija (Kija, Gidja, Kitja)
Guarloring Dreamtime, 1995
natural earth pigments on canvas
152 x 102 cm
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- Provenance
- Ochre Gallery, Kununurra, WA, Cat No. A173 (document accompanies the work) Cat No. A173 Shapiro Auctioneers, Modern + Contemporary Art, Sydney, 3 December 2002, Lot 208, Est: $8,000-12,000
- Exhibited
- Re-Collected, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, May 2013 Back to the Board, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, April 2007 Black Art White Walls – The Anne and Adrian Newstead Collection (Australian regional gallery tour): Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Wahroonga NSW, 23 January – 30 March 2014 Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, Wagga Wagga NSW, 7 April – 12 June 2014 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong Vic, 4 September – 8 October 2014 Moree Plains Gallery, Moree NSW, 1 December 2014 – 29 January 2015 Manning Regional Gallery, Taree NSW, 30 January – 15 March 2015 Burrinja Regional Gallery, Upwey Vic, 4 July – 28 September 2015 Brunswick Regional Gallery, Brunswick Vic, 16 October – 8 November 2015 Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra Qld, 20 January – 28 February 2016 O Tempo dos Sonhos – The Time of Dreaming (Arte Aborígene Contemporânea da Austrália), Caixa Cultural Foundation & Casa Fiat de Cultura, touring 2018 – 2024: Brazil: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza, Curitiba, Brasília, Salvador, Recife, Uberlândia Argentina: Buenos Aires, Córdoba Uruguay: Montevideo
- Literature / Illustrated
- Field, Jennifer. 23rd of November 1994. Maintaining Family Tradition: An Exhibition of work by Warmun Community Artists (Turkey Creek) Catalogue. International Year of the Family National Conference, The Adelaide Festival Centre & Ochre Gallery; Illustrated p 7
- Artwork story
- In this painting from the East Kimberley region two snakes emerge from water underground. They are said to capture and drown those who pass by. The East Kimberley style features landscape seen from both an omnipotent and lateral perspective. From left to right across to top right are depicted sites representing father (munaring), son (wiggin) and old people (gnunamunny). In the ceremony pertaining to this place, each of these groups dances with feathers (garnalum) on their heads. The white paint represents body paint (mowandoo); to the far right is Gowarling, little hills; and across the bottom are fresh water crabs, which are found in the area and collected during the ceremonial period.