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Malcolm Maloney JagamarraKangaroo Dreaming LARGE Colorful Australian Aboriginal Painting red yellow black1991
1991
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Malcolm Maloney Jagamarra
"Kangaroo Dreaming" 1991
Framed
Signed verso
Provenance: Hank Ebes, Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, Melbourne, Australia; Acquired from the above in 1991, Richard Kelton Collection, Santa Monica, California
Malcolm Jagamarra was born in the Australian outback in 1954. He is the son of Minnie Napanangka, a Warlpiri woman and Gerry Maloney an Irish Bushman. As a child he traveled the land on walk about with his mother and families. They lived the traditional way, which is more than 40,000 years old.
At the time as part of the 'Aboriginal Assimilation Program', all part Aboriginal children were taken from their families and placed in white environments. Because of this Jagamarra's mother would hide him in the bush whenever they visited a white homestead.
At the age of six, Jagamarra was discovered by the authorities and taken to Adelaide where he spent the next eighteen years. He matriculated from Adelaide Boys High School in 1972 and starred in League Football for North Adelaide until 1975.
In 1978 he returned to Alice Springs and was reunited with his family for the first time since 1960. Jagamarra underwent the initiation ceremonies into manhood that he missed as a boy, in 1983. It was then that he learned the sacred songs and dances of his tribe, the Lander River Warlpiri.
Jagamarra's art evolves from his tribe's ceremonies. Aboriginal paintings were originally daubed on the ground and on bodies of the people and were not preserved. Since 1971 they have been transferred onto canvas. "It has given everyone a chance to learn about Aboriginal Dreaming," says Jagamarra. "Our art reflects not just the land but its mythology, song and dance." The symbols are called iconography and they are the oldest form of writing in the world.
- Creator:Malcolm Maloney Jagamarra (1955, Aboriginal Australian)
- Creation Year:1991
- Dimensions:Height: 47.5 in (120.65 cm)Width: 47.5 in (120.65 cm)
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- Condition:In very fine age appropriate condition.
- Gallery Location:Rancho Santa Fe, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU516312546882
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