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Dove of Peace 2000

Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online
Accession No.
2022.018
Date Created
2000
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
19 x 15.5cm (diam.) (irreg.)
Media Category
Ceramic
Secondary Media Category
stoneware
Medium
Stoneware, handbuilt, with handpainted oxide
Credit Line
Purchased 2022. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

Wrapped around Dove of Peace 2000 is the kluthuthu (dove), whose outstretched wings envelop this narrow-necked conch sphere in a swooping hug. Understanding the dove as a symbol of peace via her Christian upbringing at the Weipa Mission, Thanakupi has drawn attention to it by finely incising its outline and in-filling the negative space. The black and white forms of positive and negative space were, to Thanakupi, a symbol of reconciliation in Australia.

Thanakupi referred to her narrow-necked spheres as ‘one-flower pots’, due to the tiny openings – enough for a single stem. This form demonstrates the variations of her iconic spheres and gives her symbolic world material shape.

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