• Naomi Hobson

The Grandmother and the God Son
2021
from the January First series 2021

Essay

NGV X MECCA: Naomi Hobson

Kunapipi dancers Mick Magani Ponun - death (to our culture) John Packham Rockholes and country near Kata Tjuta Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri Two old men disputing REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara Dosso DOSSI; Battista DOSSI (attributed to) Mirrigang days Peter Waples-Crowe Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q EGYPT, el-Amarna Universal Exposition, Paris. Street of Nations. Russia, cabinet print J. LÉVY & CO, Paris (manufacturer) The Mayor's Cup William KERR Billiamook and Shannon Gary Lee Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends Jacopo AMIGONI Universal Exposition, Paris. Street of Nations, cabinet print PIGNOLET PHOT., Paris (manufacturer) Bininj (human) bones Jack Yurrulbbirri Nawilil Little Lonsdale Street Sam ATYEO Gifting of Country dress and scarf  Ngali, Melbourne (fashion house); Denni Francisco (designer) The first cloud William Quiller ORCHARDSON Daruka – granite Sophie Honess The Fall Christopher Ulutupu A lord of the bush Hans HEYSEN Tree of knowledge Jan Baljagil Gunjaka Griffiths Universal Exposition, Paris. 128. Street of Nations, English facade, stereograph J. LÉVY & CO, Paris (manufacturer) Universal Exposition, Paris. Pavilion of the United States, Street of Nations. Belgium, cabinet print J. LÉVY & CO, Paris (manufacturer) Ulysses and the Sirens John William WATERHOUSE Dirge Warraba Weatherall Anwerlarr anganenty (Big yam Dreaming) Emily Kam Kngwarray (A Moorish doorway) Tom ROBERTS Dr Will Maloney John RUSSELL The weight of grief Karla Dickens Self-portrait as Paul Foelsche Gary Lee Dying storm over the sea west of Australia. Taken by Apollo 11 on way to first lunar landing NASA, Washington, D.C. (manufacturer)