Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori: Dulka Warngiid – Land of all

Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, Kaiadilt people, Australia 1924-2015 / Dibirdibi Country 2008 / Synthetic polymer paint on linen / 200 x 600cm / Purchased 2008 with funds from Margaret Mittelheuser, AM, and Cathryn Mittelheuser, AM, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori 2008/Licensed by Copyright Agency / View full image
When
21 May – 28 Aug 2016
Where
Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery 4
This retrospective of the work of the late Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori celebrates the life of the senior Kaiadilt artist from Bentinck Island in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria.
The exhibition includes the artist's early paintings, her large collaborative works with other Kaiadilt women, and her almost monochromatic recent paintings and works on paper. Sally Gabori's depictions of her homeland are abstract in nature, but retain representational elements which map traditional country and cultural identity in monumental paintings.
Resource
Student Worksheet and Teacher Notes explore:
- the unique belief systems that connect people both physically and spiritually to Country/Place
- the importance of the land and its inhabitants to the formation of culture and identity
- ways Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People express their heritage, history and personal connections
Suitable for primary and secondary levels.