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Click to view a selection of artworks chosen by exhibition curator Hetti Perkins

 
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Highlights

Mimih are a recurring theme in Kuninjku painting and are celebrated in song and dance. Long and slender so they can slip between rock crevices, these elusive spirits live in the escarpment area and taught humans the foundations of culture including ceremony and hunting. Many old examples of red rock art are attributed to mimih. From around 1968, Crusoe Kuningbal produced mimih sculptures for sale through the art centre at Maningrida. He produced these distinctive sculptures exclusively until his death, and they are the inspiration for much of the sculpture that is produced today.

Crusoe Kuningbal
Mimih early 1970s
natural pigments on wood
184.5 x 16.5 cm
Private Collection, Sydney
Crusoe Kuningbal
Mimih early 1970s
natural pigments on wood
114 x 12 cm
Private Collection, Sydney
Crusoe Kuningbal
Mimih c.1982
natural pigments on wood
156 x 14 cm
Private Collection, Sydney

 

 

 
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