Important Aboriginal Works of Art - 25 May 2016 | Melbourne
synthetic polymer paint on linen
197.0 x 151.5 cm
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Ray Ken
synthetic polymer paint on linen
197.0 x 151.5 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, Tjala Arts cat. 323-13 and Alcaston Gallery cat. AK 18678
Tjala Arts, Amata, South Australia
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
24th TELSTRA Awards 10th August - 18 Nov 2007 , Museum and Art Gallery of Darwin and NT, Cat No 43 Paintings from Remote Communities; Indigenous Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, Newcastle Region Art Gallery,Newcastle,5 July - 31 August 2008; Heart and soul, Laverty Collection, Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal art [AAMU], Utrecht, The Netherlands, 20 Jan 2012 - 10 June 2012.
Evans, Nicholas, The Heart of Everything: the art and artists of Mornington and Bentinck Islands, McCullock and McCullock Australian Art Books, 2008, p 71 (Illus.)
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Tjala Arts which states: ‘In this painting Ray has depicted his country (also known as Ngayukungura). The different colours and designs represent variations in the landscape.’