Artist: Hector Jandanay | Title: Bungnarrumbine (Fishing Place) | Year: c.1995 | Medium: natural earth pigments on canvas | Dimensions: 60 x 90 cm

PROVENANCE
Kimberley Art, Vic
Lawson Menzies Auction, Nov 2005
Private Collection NSW

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