Artist: Jason Joran | Title: Kulama | Year: 2021 | Medium: ochre on linen | Dimensions: 45 x 45 cm
PROVENANCE
Jilamara Arts & Crafts Association Cat No.158-21
ARTWORK STORY
The Kulama Ceremony is performed in the late wet season (March-April) when a ring appears around the moon. Kulama is a traditional initiation for young men which coincides with the harvest of a certain wild yam species Elders of both sexes sing and dance for three days welcoming the boys into adulthood. The boy is then renamed with his true man's name.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Tiwi Islands, NT
LANGUAGE
Tiwi
BIOGRAPHY
Jason Joran's grandmother, Freda Warlapinni, was a renowned painter at Jilamara during the 1990s. His uncle, Linus Warlapinni, also painted at Jilamara after his retirement and became a successful senior artist in the community. Jason creates paintings depicting initiation ceremonies and Jilamara (body painting designs) on canvas, as well as wood carvings of birds.
PROVENANCE
Jilamara Arts & Crafts Association Cat No.158-21
ARTWORK STORY
The Kulama Ceremony is performed in the late wet season (March-April) when a ring appears around the moon. Kulama is a traditional initiation for young men which coincides with the harvest of a certain wild yam species Elders of both sexes sing and dance for three days welcoming the boys into adulthood. The boy is then renamed with his true man's name.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Tiwi Islands, NT
LANGUAGE
Tiwi
BIOGRAPHY
Jason Joran's grandmother, Freda Warlapinni, was a renowned painter at Jilamara during the 1990s. His uncle, Linus Warlapinni, also painted at Jilamara after his retirement and became a successful senior artist in the community. Jason creates paintings depicting initiation ceremonies and Jilamara (body painting designs) on canvas, as well as wood carvings of birds.