Timo Hogan (born 1973)

Lake Baker, 2021

synthetic polymer paint on linen

290.5 x 198.5 cm

bears inscription verso: Spinifex Arts Project cat. SAPTH21-392

Spinifex Arts Project, Tjuntjuntjara, Western Australia
SALON Art Projects, Darwin, Northern Territory
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in August 2022

Timo Hogan, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, SALON Art Projects, Darwin, 6 August – 17 September 2022
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

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 Kutjara Tjukurpa (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.’