11th Art Naif Festival – International Naïve Art Festival, POLANDSzyb Wilson Gallery, Oswobodzenia 1, 40-403 Katowice, Poland.
We are proud to be invited to participate in this prestigious Exhibition. Some information about the artists is below. Email us for more details on art@glenelgartgallery.com.au
All work is Signed by the Artist and often with Story on the back. All pieces have a Certificate of Authenticity |
The fishing story is over generations providing food for their people and how it has changed over the many generations. There once was a whale shark that used to come and help guide the fish into the fishing nets for the men. The fish would come in with the tide and as the tide went out the fish would get caught up in the rock cage. (Bottom right hand corner). The next man is spear fishing in the water (Middle right hand side). As the generations have come along the young fellas now have spear guns to catch the fish with (Top right hand side). The middle section to the left has the men fishing with the nets, one man sits in the boat and the other holds the other end of the net and they then can bring in the fish. On the red land next to this fishing spot is where the fish would be cooked and all the people of the land would then come and eat the fish that have been caught for the day. On the middle left hand side are the oyster cages where we would catch them for our people. You can see the yellow jetty which we would come onto. There are small rock outlets above. There are shacks at the top and on the island where our people would stay and would throw some green material to keep out the mosquitos and other bugs. On the land we also have the wombat holes and wombats, we don’t eat them as much as we did before but for some they are still a part of their staple diet. The blue circles represent the leaves and bark that the fish would get wrapped in to cook and bring out all of the different flavours of the leaves and bark. The man with the boomerang is the spirit guardian who looks after the place for us. The small island is named ‘Dead Man’s Island’ – it was used to cremate our people and when the tide would come in our people would then be swept out to see. The green rectangles represent our food sheds where we shuckle the oysters. There are also the materials left on the ground waiting to have sheds build.
Uncle Louie. |
About “The Hand Over”
This is a 500 year old tree that I am custodian of. This was handed over to me at 2am in the morning. My sister Angelina took me on a five hour trip to find this tree. Louie has been given back his spirit from his grandfather to look after the trees and area. Louie is sitting by the tree guarding by day and night. The people in the painting are the people of the tribes around the area. |
Audrey painted "Ceremonial Body Paint" about when the women perform the Inma - A Sacred Ceremony Dance.
Audrey is from a small town called Ernabella, in the desert lands of north-west South Australia. |
TITLE: “Bush Tucker Dreaming”
The family is out on gathering trips. The people are shown as the U shapes around their camps. The women have gathered Witchetty Grubs and Honey Ants, and wild fruits. We can see the main camp in the middle and the paths leading to it.This is a map showing the younger people where to find the food. They are in sparse sandy country. The circles are camping sites or gathering places, A U shape is always a person.Men have hunting spears next to them, while women have coolamons (bark or wooden bowls) and their individual digging sticks |
TITLE: “The Hunter”
Tasman learnt to paint from his uncles. They are strong Lore men. They are leaders and guide the customs of their Community. Tasman painted this painting in honor of his Ancestors, the Pintubi people, who are of the last tribe to emerge from the desert in the 1980’s. He is a custodian of the “Tingari” legend of creation from his Grandfather Walter Tjapaltjarri |
On behalf of the Gallery we firstly acknowledge the land now known as Australia belonged to a Nation of People,widely sophisticated, Aboriginal people of Culture, With Gratitude to our Elders past, present and emerging, the Country's ancient Cultural heritage. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.
We hope that by sharing the Stories of the Artworks more attention is paid to the land supporting us through the emmense Generational Knowledge of this Country Aboriginal people have. |