Devil Devil, c.1982

natural earth pigments on composition board

45 x 124 cm, 49 x 127.5 cm frame

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Provenance: Field Collected, WA Private Collection Vic Lawson Menzies, Aboriginal Fine Art, Lot 212, Sydney, June 2007 Private Collection NSW Cooee Art, Indigenous Fine Art - Spring Sale, Lot 70, Sydney Private Collection Vic
Artwork story: Paddy Jaminji was born on Bedford Downs station and is best known for his early ceremonial boards and ochre paintings created in the East Kimberley tradition. In Devil Devil, he depicts the spirit beings known for causing fear and disturbance - figures that roam between worlds and act as warnings for social behaviour. The forms are stark: solid fields of colour punctuated by wide eyes and minimal outlines. These spirits are not anthropomorphised but remain ambiguous and powerful - part animal, part shadow, entirely ancestral. Paddy Jaminji's work carries seminal status. As one of the earliest artists to emerge from the region, his paintings are held in deep regard for their connection to ceremonial practice and their raw, graphic immediacy.

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c.1912 – 1996

natural earth pigments on composition board

45 x 124 cm, 49 x 127.5 cm frame

Price on application — enquire

Provenance: Field Collected, WA Private Collection Vic Lawson Menzies, Aboriginal Fine Art, Lot 212, Sydney, June 2007 Private Collection NSW Cooee Art, Indigenous Fine Art - Spring Sale, Lot 70, Sydney Private Collection Vic
Artwork story: Paddy Jaminji was born on Bedford Downs station and is best known for his early ceremonial boards and ochre paintings created in the East Kimberley tradition. In Devil Devil, he depicts the spirit beings known for causing fear and disturbance - figures that roam between worlds and act as warnings for social behaviour. The forms are stark: solid fields of colour punctuated by wide eyes and minimal outlines. These spirits are not anthropomorphised but remain ambiguous and powerful - part animal, part shadow, entirely ancestral. Paddy Jaminji's work carries seminal status. As one of the earliest artists to emerge from the region, his paintings are held in deep regard for their connection to ceremonial practice and their raw, graphic immediacy.