Artiste : Timothy Cook

Titre de l'œuvre : Japarra

Pigments naturels sur toile de lin Belge

Format : 90 × 24 cm

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

Référence de la peinture : 359-18

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

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Explications sur cette œuvre :

Timothy Cook (1958) expresses himself through his loose and gestural designs. He paints exclusively with locally sourced ochre and his artworks are highly sort after by major collections both nationally and internationally.

Timothy won the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art Award in 2012 and has been shortlisted for many others, including the Hadley Art Award in 2019, the Wynne Prize in 2020 and Sulman in 2023.

In Tiwi ancestral memory, Japarra is Purukaparli’s deceitful brother. He and his sister-in-law Bima become lovers, and during one of their bush Bima and Purukaparli’s baby son dies of heatstroke, bringing mortality to the world.

Following the tragic discovery of his son’s death, Purukaparli fights his brother with the rage of grief, striking him with spears and throwing sticks.

You can find the artworks of the artist within the following prestigious collections :
Musee du quai Branly, France
National Gallery of Australia
Fondation Opale, Switzerland
University of Newcastle, NSW
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Charles Darwin University, Darwin
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
Art Gallery of South Australia
Wesfarmers Collection of Australia, Western Australia
Murdoch University Collection, Western Australia
Edith Cowan University, Perth
Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth
Parliament House Collection, Canberra
Museum of Contemporary Art, Newcastle Art Gallery…