Title
Gur Legiz
2023
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Erub Island (Darnley Island)
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Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait Islands)
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Australia
- Date
- 2023
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- bamboo cane, twine, acrylic paint, goose feather, torres strait pigeon feather, booby bird feather and kolap (bean seed)
- Dimensions
- 53.3 x 43.8 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Aboriginal Art Collection Benefactors 2023
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 267.2023
- Copyright
- © Jimi.K Thaiday
- Artist information
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Jimi.K Thaiday
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About
Jimi.K Thaiday is from the Peiudu clan of the Meriam Mer people and calls Erub/Darnley Island home. Born in Gimuy/Cairns, Thaiday grew up and remains living and working in the eastern Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait Islands. Thaiday cites his Torres Strait Islander heritage and livelihood as the inspiration for his artistic career, and he works across time-based art, lino block printing, ghost net sculptures, ceramics, and mixed media.
Gur Legiz 2023 are children’s dari (dhari, dhoeri). Gur Legiz translates to ‘sea people’ or ‘people of the sea’, which Thaiday also makes reference to through his uses of blue twine. They draw on the legacy of Thaiday’s forebears and refer to ancestors who made the original dari for ceremony, using resources from Thaiday’s emblem, waumer, the frigate bird. He has also included Zenadth Kes pigeon feather. Dari translates to ‘headdress’ and they are used as adornment within ceremonial dance. The dari is also as the central motif on the Torres Strait Island flag.