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Contradictions in Similarity: Australian First Nations Art & Gerard Verdijk

Past exhibition
27 October - 24 November 2024
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Rover Thomas Joolama, Wati Kutjarra Area, 1995

Rover Thomas Joolama Indigenous Australian (Kukatja/Wangkajunga), ca. 1926-1998

Wati Kutjarra Area, 1995
Natural earth pigments on Belgian linen in floating black wooden frame
178 x 100 cm
70.1 x 39.4 inch
Signed verso: ROVER

This work is accompanied by the original certificate of authenticity
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The Wati Kutjarra Tjukurrpa (Two Goanna Men Dreaming) mythology relates to the offense of moral laws by a debauched old man and the revenge and retribution enacted by his two...
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The Wati Kutjarra Tjukurrpa (Two Goanna Men Dreaming) mythology relates to the offense of moral laws by a debauched old man and the revenge and retribution enacted by his two sons. The two brothers, who became Dreaming ancestors, travelled across the desert country and in doing so created natural landforms and sacred sites by leaving their presence at places they visited. 


This painting shows the flat top hills which extend across from Balgo to Broome. This area is called the Wati Kadjara. As an aerial view the different areas represent the following: The yellow area is the Great Sandy Desert, the red are is one of the many flat top mountains, and the black area is the initiation place for young boys Warbuton.


Please note that all First Nations Art is created from a so called ‘Birds Eye’ view. This means that the paintings can be hung either horizontally as well as vertically.

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Provenance

Flinders Lane Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Private Collection, Victoria, Australia
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, NSW, May 2007, Lot No. 64
Menzies Estate Collection, Victoria, Australia

Private collection, The Netherlands

Exhibitions

Art Cologne, SmithDavidson Gallery, Cologne, Germany, 2024

The Armory Show, SmithDavidson Gallery, New York, USA, 2024

The Importance of Ochre, Flinders Lane Gallery, Victoria, Australia, 1998
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