Jarinyanu David Downs (c.1925-1995)

Snake been tell ‘im Eve - Star and Sky and Garden and Tree, 1991

Natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on Belgium linen

Bears Flinders University Art Museum exhibition label on the reverse of the backing board

112 x 84 cm

Provenance:

Private Collection of the late Duncan Kentish, Adelaide.

Exhibited:

Holy Holy Holy, 13 Contemporary artists explore the interaction between Christianity and Aboriginal Culture, Flinders University City Gallery, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, 20 February - 18 April 2004; Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney, 5 June - 1 August 2004; Brisbane City Hall Gallery, Brisbane, 10 September - 14 November 2004; New England Regional Art Museum, South Hill, 26 November 2004 - 9 January 2005; Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, Gladstone, 20 January - 12 March 2005; The Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment, Alice Springs, 26 March - 1 May 2005; The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, 21 May - 7 August 2005, Gippsland Regional Gallery, Gippsland, 20 August - 28 September 2005.

Entwined Belief: Two Collections from the work of Jarinyanu David Downs, Campbell’s Stores, Hickson Road, The Rocks, Sydney, 31 October – 7 November

Literature:

Stephanie Radok (ed.), Holy Holy Holy, 13 Contemporary artists explore the interaction between Christianity and Aboriginal Culture, exh. cat., Adelaide: Flinders University City Gallery, State Library of South Australia, 2004, p.105.