Artiste : Fred Grant

Titre de l'œuvre : Tuwan

Format : 137 × 90 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène du Spinifex Art Project

Référence de cette peinture : 20-92

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Explications pour cette œuvre :

Fred Grant (1943) knows the boundless sandhills, the endless skies and extensive forests of Spinifex Country. He's walked the rich cultural fabric that embraces his land wherever he looks and he has in􀆟mate knowledge of the life sustaining water sources that are its foundation of survival in an arid environment. Fred paints with the passive authority of someone that knows they belong to the intimacy of a landscape with a powerful religion at its heart.

Here he depicts the site of Tuwan, situated in the heart of Spinifex Country. Tjaltunya holds the powerful Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Men Creation Line). This is a far reaching narrative that follows two brothers: a black nosed monitor lizard and a sand goanna- as they journey through Spinifex Country. These are creation beings who shaped the landscape as they moved through it leaving the guiding story etched in monolithic physical reminders of their power and presence.

His artworks are in the following collections :
Harriett & Richard England Collection
National Gallery Of Australia, Canberra, Act (Mens Collaborative)
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Usa. (Mens Collaborative)
The Corrigan Collection, Australia (Mens Collaborative)
The Lepley Collection, Perth, Western Australia.
W. & V. Mcgeoch Collection, Melbourne, Vic.
Queensland Art Gallery Of Modern Art, Brisbane, Qld.
The Art Gallery Of New South Wales, Sydney, Nsw
Art Gallery Of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia (Mens Collaborative)