Dennis Nona
Dennis Nona
Gobba (Greedy Man), 1997
Dennis Nona, Kala Lagaw Ya people (born 1973)
linocut, 1/10
62 x 48 cm (frame: 92.5 x 76 cm)
numbered, titled, signed and dated below image
Other notes: A related work, Gobba, 2000 is in the collection of the Queensland Art Gallery #2002.105
Literature: Sessarae: The Works of Dennis Nona, Griffith Artworks 2005, illustrated page 37 (another image)
Exhibited: Sessarae: The Works of Dennis Nona, Dell Gallery, Qld. College of Art, Griffith University, 3rd June - 10th July 2005 (another image).
$950 (framed)
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The great appeal of Dennis Nona’s work lies in the way he has drawn on the rich traditions of Torres Strait Islander carving which he has transferred to highly intricate linocut prints. Within Nona’s artworks, there is a celebration of island myths and legends, of how humans, animals, plants and landscape took their meaning from epic or magical events in the past. These myths and legends had previously been transmitted by oral story-telling and dance. Food is the theme in Gobba (Greedy Man).
Dennis Nona was born on Badu Island, in the Torres Strait, Queensland. He was taught as a young boy the traditional craft of woodcarving. Later he attained a Diploma of Art from Cairns TAFE, a Diploma of Visual Arts in Printmaking from the Institution of Arts, Australian National University, Canberra and a Master of Arts in Visual Arts, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane.
His work can be seen in the collections of most of the major Australian art institutions and in several important overseas collections. These include the National Gallery of Australia; Queensland Art Gallery; National Gallery of Victoria; Art Gallery of NSW, Art Gallery of SA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; British Museum, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Cambridge University Museum UK and National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.