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EAST GIPPSLAND ART GALLERY
Moongan and Lit
Ray Thomas and Tirilli Thomas
20 September - 19 October 2019
Special opening event 5.30pm Friday 20 September | All welcome | Free
'Moongan and Lit means father and child in Gunnai language. Sharing this space on Gunnai Wurruk with my youngest son Tirilli has filled me with pride as a Moongan. We dedicate this show to our Raymond Noel Lindsay Thomas, (15-8-1986 - 25-6-2017) one of Tirilli’s older brothers, my middle Lit, whom we tragically lost. Everybody loves Raymond.' - Ray Thomas
Both Tirilli and his father Ray honour their Gunnai ancestors through incorporating and refining the traditional markings and patterns of the original Gunnai Maraaga (sheilds) from the Keeping Place and the Melbourne Museum archives.
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2 Nicholson Street
Bairnsdale Victoria 3875
+61 03 5153 1988
info@eastgippslandartgallery.org.au
Gallery hours:
Tuesday–Friday 10am–4pm
Saturday 10am–2pm
Sunday-Monday CLOSED
FREE Admission
Shield 20x52cm $1200
Gunnai Maaraga (Shield) 36x90cm $1800
Broadface Maaraga (shield) 20x52cm $1200
Bunjil Maaraga (shield), 36x90cm $1800
Jerail Ceremony of the Gunnai Acrylic and pyrography on Jirrah (kangaroo) skin and redgum. Two panels, 140x60cm each
Pyrography (woodburning) and acrylic paint on redgum with a glass top 146x52cm x 60cm high | $7500
Acrylic on canvas | 1200x90cm | POA
67cm x 52cm Artist proof mounted on foamcore | $250
67cm x 52cm Artist proof mounted on foamcore | $250
