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Artworks
Sally Gabori Kayardild/Kaiadilt language group, circa 1924-2015
Thundi, 2012Synthetic polymer paint on canvas60 x 78 inches (151 x 198 cm)Photo: Courtesy of D’Lan ContemporaryKayardild/Kaiadilt Language Group "This is the big river that runs through Thundi on Bentinck Island. This is where my father was born"
Provenance
The Artist
Mornington Island Arts, Queensland, cat. no. 7849-L-SG-0912
Private Collection, New South Wales
D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
Collection of Steve Martin & Anne Stringfield, New York
Exhibitions
60 over 50: 60 Paintings from 50 Years of Australian First Nations Art, UOVO, New York, 15 - 20 May 2023Publications
Djon Mundine, Gabori: the Corrigan Collection of paintings by Sally, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, Australia, 2015. p. 194
Vanessa Merlino and Luke Scholes, 60 over 50: 60 Paintings from 50 Years of Australian First Nations Art, UOVO, 2023 (illus.)
"Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori depicts her father's Country, Thundi, on Bentinck Island in the South Wellesley Islands, a small archipelago in the Gulf of Carpentaria in far north Queensland. Thundi was described by Gabori as 'bush Country', a place adjacent to a river near the island's northern tip on its north-eastern coast."(© The Estate of the Artist and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne)Related artworks-
Sally Gabori, Nyinyilki, 2011
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