Lydia Balbal
(born 1958)
JAWANI JAWANI, 2008
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
122.0 x 121.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist's name, date, medium, size and Short Street Gallery cat. 25382
Estimate:
$4,000 - $6,000
Sold:
$7,320 (inc. BP)
© courtesy of the artist and Short Street Gallery
lot details
Short Street Gallery, Broome
William Mora Galleries, Melbourne (stamped verso)
Private collection, Sydney
Exhibited
Lydia Balbal. Recent Paintings, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, 11 November – 5 December 2008
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short Street Gallery that states: ‘Lydia says: “This big hill with jila (living water). Jawani Jawani that snake he a cheeky one. He lives in that water. He makes rain this country. Can’t make fire there or that snake get angry.”
This country is Mangala Country and is a woman’s place. It is a twin place, one of two similar places located close to each in the Great Sandy Desert in W.A.’