Artiste : Timothy Cook

Titre de l'œuvre : Japarra (Moon Man)

Pigments naturels sur toile de lin Belge

Format : 200 x 152 cm

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

Référence de la peinture : 138-17

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

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.

Japarra the moon man is central to the Tiwi Creation Story. Purukapali's younger brother ran away with his wifwe Bima, her baby Jinani left alone to die from heat and neglect, a bitter struggle ensued between the brothers and the king proclaimed all life would be subject to mortality. Japarra escaped up into the moon where his body changed into a pale half moon.

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…