Title
Men's business
1987
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Queensland
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Australia
- Date
- 1987
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- crayon, charcoal
- Dimensions
- 55.0 x 78.8 cm image / sheet
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, pencil "F. L. Foley 87".
- Credit
- Purchased 1988
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 64.1988
- Copyright
- © Fiona Foley, courtesy of Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
- Artist information
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Fiona Foley
Works in the collection
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About
Records a 'Marndiella or boy's initiation ceremony at Ramingining in December 1986 when just before dawn the dancers set fire to leaves attached to their legs. The drawing shows the track of the moon at the bottom, a curved live of spectators frames the initiates (who are under a blanket), the line of dancers represent the Wititj (python), the conical hats work by the dancers represent the Wagilag sisters’ dog.
Fiona Foley, the artist
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Places
Where the work was made
Queensland
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Review: works by women from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 08 Mar 1995–04 Jun 1995
Fiona Foley: Invisible voices, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Bundaberg, 04 Jul 2000–08 Aug 2000
Fiona Foley: Invisible voices, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Queensland, 23 Nov 2001–19 Jan 2002
, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Aug 2007–28 Oct 2007
Boomalli: 20 years on, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Sep 2007–28 Oct 2007
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Ben Gennochio, Fiona Foley: Invisible voices, Bundaberg, 2000, 12, 13 (colour illus.). cat.no. 1 or 2 (not specified)
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Ben Gennochio, Fiona Foley: Solitaire, 'Pastels and politics', pg. 70-93, Annandale, 2001, 2-3 (colour illus., detail), 74 (colour illus.), 76.
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