39 DN105
Dennis Nona Parul - Faces 2005
Etching Paper: 700mm x 330mm $425
When I went to the Cambridge Museum in the UK I saw all these masks from the Torres Strait Islands and they
really inspired me - all the masks that were in there. I was standing in the middle of them and just looking around
and they were just staring at me. That particular artwork, I based it on that Parul - all the faces of the masks -
almost all my ancestors were looking at me and I was just observing. At the same time I was getting inspired by
the Spirits. In my traditional language I asked them to come with me, to come with me, to make my work stronger.
It is our traditional custom when you see these things, ancient things, you stand there and observe them and
then you ask them to come with you in a good way, good spirit, to help you in your work. So that time I stood
among that artwork there's all these faces - I just draw them out, they were lying in the boxes. That was Cam-
bridge Museum in London. Parul in language is the faces of the ancestors I referred to. The year was 2000. I just
made the artwork last year. Sometimes I wait to do a work. I don't do it straight away - only when I dream, next
day I will do it. Sometimes it takes me a long time. I waited one year if I wanted to change my art style I will talk
to the Spirits. It won't happen overnight. It might come next year or the year after, then suddenly you see my
changed style, my style it changes.
Medium: Etching
Edition Size: 45
Printer: David Jones
Studio: David Jones Editions
Etching Created At: Brisbane, QLD on May, 2005
Print Published: Brisbane, QLD on April, 2006
Paper: Magnani
Paper Height: 700 mm ( 27.6" )
Paper Width: 330 mm ( 13.0" )
Image Height: 500 mm ( 19.7" )
Image Width: 210 mm ( 8.3" )
I.D. : DN105