Mick Jawalji b. c.1920

  • Artist (Painter)
Mick Jawalji was born at Yulumbu around 1920, just before the establishment of Tablelands Station. Jawalji began painting in Imintji around 2001 and joined the Warmun Art Centre in the following year.
appeared at
Groundwork
Date
30 July 2011 - 23 October 2011
Place
The Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Vic.
Description

The artists in this exhibition all employ different formal and conceptual techniques to explore tensions between story-telling, representation, and picture-making. The concept of ‘country’ and its depiction within particular cultural frameworks, guides ideas, stories and forms relating to place.

Website
http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/fromyear/2001/toyear/2012/exhib-date/2011-07-30/exhib/groundwork