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Title

1000 goals

2023

Artist

Dinni Kunoth Kemarre

Australia

01 Jan 1954 –

Language group: Anmatyerre, Central Desert region

Alternate image of 1000 goals by Dinni Kunoth Kemarre

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Arlparra → Utopia → Northern Territory → Australia
    Date
    2023
    Media category
    Sculpture
    Materials used
    acrylic on wood (Erythrina vespertilio)
    Dimensions
    display dimensions variable :

    a - Buddy kicking a goal, 52 x 14 x 15 cm

    b - Buddy celebrating his goal, 58 x 23 x 15 cm

    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund for Contemporary Aboriginal Art 2023
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    164.2023.a-b
    Copyright
    © Dinni Kunoth Kemarre/Copyright Agency

    Reproduction requests

    Wynne Prize
    - 2023
    Artist information
    Dinni Kunoth Kemarre

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  • About

    Art Centre documentation for this work states:
    ‘Buddy Franklin is a good player. He’s a winner. He can kick from here to a long way. From the middle. From the side. Always straight goals. I remember when I was watching him on TV. He was just a young little fella. Old team. Using that yellow and brown. Starting with the Hawks first, then moving over Melbourne way, and now shifting to Sydney Swans. Bringing the winner over to the new team. Making the new team number 1.’
    Dinni Kunoth Kemarre, 2023

    These sculptures by Dinni Kunoth Kemarre show Sydney Swans player Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin (Noongar-Wajuk) lining up to kick his 1000th goal, and his reaction to a crown of fans that stormed the Sydney Cricket Ground in celebration. ‘I saw the news when Buddy Franklin kicked the 1000th goal with his left foot, straight down the line, said Kemarre. ‘I was happy … Maybe he’s the first Aboriginal man to do that. That’s a good story.’

    Sine 2005 Kemarre has been a driving force behind the revival of a sculptural practice that first emerged in the Aboriginal homelands of Utopia, Northern Territory, in the 1980s. Kemarre works alongside his wife, Josie Kunoth Petyarre, and the pair regularly collaborate on works that celebrate the role of AFL in Indigenous communities. For Kemarre, community footy matches have a strong family focus and are an opportunity to engage with community members that come in from across Utopia’s 16 homelands as spectators and players.

    This work was a finalist in the 2023 Wynne Prize.

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions