Title
Three mimihs dancing
(1964)
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Bark painting (Three Mimi figures dancing)
Three Mimi figures dancing - Place where the work was made
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Croker Island
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Western Arnhem Land
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- (1964)
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on eucalyptus bark
- Dimensions
- 76.2 x 54.6 cm (irreg.)
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1964
- Location
- North Building, ground level, Yiribana Gallery
- Accession number
- IA2.1964
- Copyright
- © Samuel Wagbara. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
- Artist information
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Samuel Wagbara
Works in the collection
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About
The three animated mimi figures on this early bark from Croker Island contrast markedly with the more static figures typical of Crusoe Kurdals' carvings. Although the images are similar, these express concepts relating to sexual misbehaviour (suggested by their enlarged sexual organs). They also feature ant-like heads and internal patterns in the x-ray style typical of rock art from the same region.
from Margo Neale, 'Yiribana', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1994
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Places
Where the work was made
Croker Island
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Love Magic: Erotics, Politics and Indigenous Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 21 Aug 1999–03 Oct 1999
Crossing country: the alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 Sep 2004–12 Dec 2004
Sentient lands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Jun 2016–08 Oct 2017
Sentient lands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 Jan 2017–08 Oct 2017
Yiribana Gallery: opening collection display, Art Gallery of New South Wales, North Building, Sydney, 03 Dec 2022–29 May 2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 4 publications
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Margo Neale, Yiribana: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection, Sydney, 1994, 52, 53 (colour illus.), 138, 139. plate no. 23
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Margo Neale, Yiribana, Sydney, 1994, 8 (colour illus.).
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Hetti Perkins, Crossing country: the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art, Sydney, 2004, 28 (colour illus.), 230.
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Jill Sykes, Look, 'Crossing country: quotes from the Symposium', pg. 35, Sydney, Dec 2004-Jan 2005, 35 (colour illus.).
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