Artist: Hector Jandanay | Title: Gowaring (Hill and Waterholes - Hunting Place) | Year: | Medium: natural earth pigments on Belgian linen | Dimensions: 107 x 107 cm
PROVENANCE
Kimberley Art Gallery, Melbourne. Cat No. A 62.
Private Collection, Melbourne
ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/REGION
Warmun (Turkey Creek), WA
LANGUAGE
Gija/ Gidja
BIOGRAPHY
At the time of his death in 2007, Hector Jandany was the oldest member of the Warmun artists, at Turkey Creek. His family history was littered with harrowing tales of persecution. Gadiya (white people) shot his grandfather and harmed his grandmother, who subsequently died in childbirth, and while Hector was still in infancy, his father also died in a confrontation with white people… Continue reading
PROVENANCE
Kimberley Art Gallery, Melbourne. Cat No. A 62.
Private Collection, Melbourne
ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/REGION
Warmun (Turkey Creek), WA
LANGUAGE
Gija/ Gidja
BIOGRAPHY
At the time of his death in 2007, Hector Jandany was the oldest member of the Warmun artists, at Turkey Creek. His family history was littered with harrowing tales of persecution. Gadiya (white people) shot his grandfather and harmed his grandmother, who subsequently died in childbirth, and while Hector was still in infancy, his father also died in a confrontation with white people… Continue reading