Lake Baker, 2021
Timo Hogan
synthetic polymer paint on linen
230.0 x 200.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, date and Spinifex Arts Project cat. SAPTH 21-355
Spinifex Arts Project, Tjuntjuntjara, Western Australia
SALON Art Projects at Tarnanthi, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Tarnanthi - Timo Hogan: Kumpilpa Ngaranyi – Unseen, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, 20 – 27 October 2023
Lake Baker, 2021, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 290.0 x 600.0 cm, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney
Lake Baker, 2021, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 290.0 x 198.8 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Lake Baker, 2021, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 200.0 x 137.0, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
This work is accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity from Spinifex Arts Project which states:
‘Timo Hogan depicts the changing forms of his ancestral home of Lake Baker with the confidence of someone who knows their place in the landscape. Here he weaves the Wati Kitjara (Two Men Creation Line) into the contour of the large expanse that encapsulates the lake. The Two Men watch as the ever present and dangerous Wanampi (Water Serpent) defines the edges of the lake as he wanders in search of food. These are the lakes inhabitants that bring alive the creation narrative that forms the very landscape it speaks of. The characters are the creation beings, those first beings, who not only shaped the immediate environment with their actions but left a moral compass intertwined within the mapped habitat for all to follow.”