34 DN099
Dennis Nona Umai Ar Dhangalau Kuik - Dog Or Dugong Mask 2006
Etching on Hahnemuhle Paper Paper: 610mm x 1080mm SOLD
This work is related to the Sesserae story, but it is a new image and idea created by the artist. This is the first
time Dennis has depicted a Dance Mask that he has designed. It represents the form of a dog and dugong and
relates to that part of the Sesserae story where Sesserae jumps on the heads of the attacking enemies, and
passages where the dogs morph into human spies. The dogs had seen the dugong meat and it became the main
cause of the dispute among the people who could smell the meat cooking. The Zaum sorcerers had invented the
dogs, and put humans inside, as a kind of mask. Dennis selected them as the main characters in the story and
as the major incident. Dennis has said in relationship to this work that “It is most important in our time not only
to rely on the old stories, but use this time to invent new things for our generation and the next ones. We need
to invent new objects and artefacts now we have the technology and make things easier - like the big dugong
carvings and sculpture - the might have taken a year to carve with old tools, and now we have the tools to
interpret old ideas with new mediums and ways.
Medium: Etching
Edition Size: 45
Printer: Natasha Rowell
Studio: Basil Hall Editions
Etching Created At: Brisbane, QLD on April, 2005
Print Published: Darwin, NT on March, 2006
Paper: Hahnemuhle
Paper Height: 610 mm ( 24.0" )
Paper Width: 1,080 mm ( 42.5" )
Image Height: 480 mm ( 18.9" )
Image Width: 910 mm ( 35.8" )
I.D. : DN099