Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori picked up a paintbrush for the very first time in her 80s, marking the beginning of a dazzling late-life artistic career.

Born around 1924 on the remote Bentinck Island in the north of Australia, she lived a traditional life as part of the Aboriginal Kaiadilt community before being displaced to the nearby Mornington Island in 1948. It was not until 2005 that she created her first painting, and over the next 10 years, until her death in 2015, she would embrace her newfound gift for spontaneous creativity, producing over 2,000 paintings of startling originality. Her canvases, sometimes monumental in scale, display striking combinations of colours and forms, capturing from memory the landscapes of her native island that she had not seen since her exile. This publication offers the opportunity to discover in depth the singular work of this extraordinary painter, one of Australia's most important artists.

With contributions from anthropologist and linguist Nicholas Evans and Aboriginal art specialists Bruce Johnson McLean and Judith Ryan AM.

DETAILS:
ISBN-10: 2869251726
Published: 20th November 2022
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 270
Publisher: Foundation Cartier Pour L'Art Contemporain
Dimensions (cm): 31 x 29.5 x 3