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Wawu bajin tharra and Girrbuiti mayi (Basket for collecting cat's eye snails, shells and seaweed) (from 'Wawu bajin (Spirit baskets)' portfolio) 2010

Artwork Wawu bajin tharra and Girrbuiti mayi (Basket for collecting cat's eye snails, shells and seaweed) (from 'Wawu bajin (Spirit baskets)' portfolio) this artwork made of Hand-coloured linocut on paper, created in 2010-01-01
Accession No.
2012.145.007
Date Created
2010
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
53.5 x 38cm
Edition
ed. 14/50
Media Category
Print
Secondary Media Category
relief
Medium
Hand-coloured linocut on paper
Place Created
Hopevale, Qld
Credit Line
Purchased 2012. Queensland Art Gallery

In these luminous linocut prints, Evelyn McGreen depicts a variety of baskets containing traditional foods and plants. Each basket is woven with a specific plant or distinctive weave particular to the bag’s contents. Skilled in the art of basketry, McGreen developed this series of works from a lifetime of living, working and creating on her Country, which imbues the works with palpable sense of place and purpose.

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A detail view of a bright, abstract work.
SEEDS AND SOVEREIGNTY

QAGOMA COLLECTION: ‘Seeds and Sovereignty’

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Exhibitions featuring this object

An installation view of ‘Seeds and Sovereignty’, including works by (l–r) Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Minnie Pwerle (© Minnie Pwerle) and Evelyn McGreen and (foreground) mats by Judy Baypungala, Bonny Burarngarra, Lorna Jin-Gubarangunyja and Shirley Malgarrich, March 2024 / © The artists/Copyright agency (unless noted) / Photograph: C Callistemon, QAGOMA

‘Seeds and Sovereignty’

Mar 2024 - Sep 2024

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