Title
Gamerre – What’s This Museum?
2004
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Warmun (Turkey Creek)
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East Kimberley
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Western Australia
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Australia
- Cultural origin
- Gija, East Kimberly
- Date
- 2004
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments and acrylic binder on linen
- Dimensions
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triptych: 180.0 x 450.0 cm overall
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a - left panel, 180 x 150 cm
b - centre panel, 180 x 150 cm
c - right panel, 180 x 150 cm
- Signature & date
Part a: Signed u.r., verso, texta 'RUSTY PETERS'. Not dated.
Part b: Signed u.l., verso, texta 'RUSTY PETERS'. Not dated.
Part c: Signed u.l., verso, texta 'RUSTY PETERS'. Not dated.- Credit
- Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Helen Johns, Judith O'Callaghan, Simeon Kronenberg, Diane Appleby, Lou Ewins and Vaughan Rees 2018
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 28.2018.a-c
- Copyright
- © Estate of Rusty Peters, Warmun Art Centre/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Rusty Peters
Works in the collection
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About
'Gamerre – What’s this museum?' compares Gija approaches to the creation, collection and ownership of cultural objects with those of institutions like the Art Gallery. In considering these institutions and their role in informing society, the late Rusty Peters saw similarities with the Gija concept of Gamerre, the land where all people live, which
is enlivened with rock paintings and is a storehouse for cultural objects.A Gija toolkit is detailed in this work: different boomerangs, spears, knives, axes, resin and sinew. Alongside this, Peters refers to the water python and king brown snake which are connected to Springvale Station where he was born and spent his early years learning Gija lore and culture. The six ‘thumbnail’-like images are reminiscent of objects stored in individual boxes in cultural institutions. Each has
its own importance, but in combination they contribute to something greater. Peters’ innovative approach, painted with thick ochres from his Country, is a poetic comment
on cultural knowledge and how this is transmitted. -
Places
Where the work was made
Warmun (Turkey Creek)
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Where We All Live, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Nov 2019–09 Feb 2020
Yiribana Gallery: opening collection display, Art Gallery of New South Wales, North Building, Sydney, 03 Dec 2022–29 May 2023