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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  21 Jul 2015 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  88
• Lot Description:
  Emily Kame (Kngwarreye)
  (circa 1910-1996)
  Anooralya Life Cycle (1994)
  synthetic polymer paint on linen
  bears Delmore Gallery cat. no. 94A046 verso
  151 x 90 cm
• Provenance:
  Delmore Gallery, Northern Territory; Private Contemporary Collection, Melbourne
• Notes:
  This painting is sold with Delmore Gallery documentation which reads: "The colours with this work, highlight the varied and changing colours of the Anooralya Yam life cycle. This yam is central to Emily Kngwarreye's custodial responsibilities for her country called Alalgura on Utopia Station. Emily Kngwarreye completes a canvas in one session. The "story", that being the random lines indicating the growth pattern of the yam, is applied onto a prepared black canvas. This is viewed as a seemingly unregulated and spontaneous manner of expression, often concentrating on one area, and occasionally allowing an abandoned outburst. The dotwork indicates that rains have not fallen for a long time. In her layered approach, we see the sporadic clustered growth of plants in delining condition. Understanding the life cycle of these plants is vital to survival in the bush, as is understanding the human life cycle and its needs. This vital knowledge is affirmed within the narrative of the song cycle sung in ceremony. Ceremony, or "awelye", which encompasses song and body-paint application, recognised the spiritual power that maintains nature's fertility and hardiness, and celebrates this to enure the survival of future generations."
• Estimate:
  A$18,000 - 25,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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