74.2cm x 82cm, Oil on Canvas
Uncle Nick explains, "The Tamar is a place where palawa people camped and lived, as there was plentiful supply of fish, shellfish and game. I have discovered periwinkle shells in caves a long time ago, so that signifies that they would've been a source of food". The landscape of the Tamar River has great cultural and spiritual significance to Nick and features across several of his artworks. This piece is a combination of acrylic and oil painting on unstretched canvas.
Uncle Nick Kupetsky is a palawa kani man from central Lutruwita Tasmania, and is a lifelong creative practitioner. Uncle Nick's multi-media practice explores the deep and dark ancestral histories of palawa country, as well as the artist's own private moments of cultural discovery and revelation. When painting Country, Uncle Nick takes a mental image of places that feel energetic, and vibrate with history. He returns to the memory over time, forming feeling and truth, before putting it onto canvas. Uncle Nick is known for painting friends, ancestors, and cultural leaders, and has been exhibited by the National Gallery of Victoria for these works. Dedicated to the erasure of historical amnesia, Uncle Nick reminds his audience to remain critical of the things we are taught to value as truth, asking only that we listen.
Exhibitions
2014 Ganggan-Baluk, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Diverse/City, The Light Factory Gallery, Eltham
2012 Ngarrambel, Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey
2012 - Nairm Baluk, Frankston Arts Centre, FRANKSTON, Victoria
1992 - Tormented Soul, National Gallery of Victoria
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Catalog No: 147-25