Northern Territory’s Anglican Diocese could be $120,000 richer when it sells a painting given to it almost 30 years ago by artist Ginger Riley Munduwalawala.
Already a subscriber?The Anglican Diocese of the Northern Territory could be $120,000 richer when it sells a large painting given to it almost 30 years ago by acclaimed Indigenous artist Ginger Riley Munduwalawala., 1995-96, was described as “strange” by Beverly Knight, executor of Riley’s estate and founding director of Melbourne’s well-known Alcaston Gallery where the artist exhibited.
Archbishop of Melbourne Philip Freier was NT Bishop from 1999 until 2006 and remembers that the picture originally hung in the church hall. Concerned it could be damaged by ball games played in the hall, he had it moved into a diocesan meeting room.He also met Riley on country. “He was a dear old gentleman.
Outside the church, 12 Indigenous people sit on the ground, overshadowed by Riley’s customary totems – Ngak Ngak, the sentinel sea eagle, and the land formation known as the Four Archers, where he believed creation had begun.is $80,000 to $120,000, according to the catalogue for the sale, Important Australian Indigenous Art.
Several of the works include the well-known collection of American collector Richard Kelton as part of their provenance.
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