Crusoe Kurddal
Crusoe Kurddal is renown for his large mimih sculptures,
which are reminiscent of those made by his father, Crusoe
Kuningbal. Kurddal started making these sculptures following
his father’s death in 1984. Initially, he worked
in a style almost identical to that of his father, however,
over the years he has dramatically increased the scale
of the mimihs. Kurddal experiments with colour and form,
producing black mimihs and double mimihs (where one
figure stands on the shoulders of another). More recently,
Kurddal has created female mimihs complete with pandanus
skirts, and cast-bronze mimihs. Kurddal’s works
were permanently installed in the Art Gallery of New
South Wales’ Yiribana Gallery when it opened in
1994. Kurddal is also an accomplished dancer and has
performed throughout Australia and toured internationally. |
