Untitled
1998; printed 1999
Medium
etching
Measurements
44.5 × 34.5 cm (plate) 69.5 × 50.5 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Christine Collingwood, Member, 2000
© Kitty Kantilla (Kutuwulumi Purawarrumpatu)/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Gallery 3
Ground Level, NGV Australia
About this work
Kitty Kantilla was born at Piripumawu around 1928 and grew up in the bush at Yimpinari, on the eastern side of Melville Island. Most of her early paintings, created in 1992–97, consist of multiple dots, lines and blocks of colour on black, following the Tiwi custom of painting directly on the skin or on the charred surface of individually carved tutini (grave poles) used for the Pukumani (mortuary) ceremony. In 1996, however, Kantilla was introduced to printmaking through the Australian Print Workshop, where she was able to transfer her art onto a white background – a radical shift for Tiwi artists.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Milikapiti, Melville Island, Northern Territory
Edition
ed. 2/30
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 2/30
inscribed in pencil l.r.: +
Accession Number
2000.181
Department
First Nations Australia
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