Timo Hogan

2019, acrylic on linen
1370 x 1100 mm
Cat No. 19-119

Selected: Men from Spinifex Country
Spinifex Arts Project

On exhibition at Outstation Gallery

Timo has depicted his significant site of Lake Baker situated to the northwest of traditional Spinifex Lands. It is a large salt pan that holds the important Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Men Creation Line) and involves two ancestral beings who shape the landscape as they move through it. The rock hole at Lake Baker is said to very dangerous and is a 'Men Only' site where certain ceremonial protocols must be observed. Timo talks of a bathing ritual that must be performed to appease the Wanampi before one can continue through the nearby country.