Artiste : Janelle Mungatopi

Titre de l'œuvre : Kayimwagakimi jilamara

Pigments naturels sur toile de lin Belge

Format : 90 × 90 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène de Jalimara (Tiwi Island)

Référence de la peinture : 23-25

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© Photo : Aboriginal signature with the courtesy of the artist & Jilamara Art centre (Tiwi Island)

Explications pour cette œuvre :

Janelle Mungatopi (1985) lived and grew up in Milikapiti with her mother and grandparents. long time ago she use to watching all of her grandfathers and great grandfathers carving big pole, painting on tuna and bark.

She started joining Jilamara 2022/23 as a screen printer and now she is developing her own skills, and working with the elders around the art centre. she is also enjoying making beautiful artworks and love engaging with everyone at Jilamara.  

Kayimwagakimi is the traditional Tiwi painting 'comb'. Made from bloodwood or ironwood, it is about 15cm high with a single row of teeth. The comb is dabbed in ochre and applied to the painting surface resulting in a straight line of fine dots, a process which is repeated over and over.

Kayimwagakimi and marlipinyini (a fine stick or pandanus frond chewed to form a brush) have largely been replaced by modern brushes but a handful of Tiwi still use traditional tools.