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BRIAN ROBINSON | 'Handline Nguruapi Wharf' | Linocut

BRIAN ROBINSON | 'Handline Nguruapi Wharf' | Linocut

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Edition

Linocut printed in black ink from one block

Edition of 40, 2011

Published by Djumbunji Press KickArts Fine Art Printmaking

Image size: 520 x 380 mm 

Paper size: 800 x 600 mm

Paper type: BFK  Rives white 300 GSM

Ink type: Heidelberg Pantone black

Editioning printer: Kate Zizys

Artist: Brian Robinson
Language: Kala lagaw ya

A pivotal factor in the Islanders’ subsistence lifestyle was mastery at fishing using the various implements and tools on hand. Handline, Ngurupai wharf depicts one such method – the handline. Traditionally fishing was done from the shores or around the reefs either by the use of fishing lines made from vine or vegetable fibre, with hooks fashioned from turtle shell, or with spears. In the Eastern Islands, where large schools of sardines are found along the shoreline, a bamboo scoop (weres) was used.

This print is one in a series of works that looks at the juxtaposition of Torres Strait lifestyle with motifs and mythology from classical Renaissance art.

BRIAN ROBINSON | 'Handline Nguruapi Wharf' | 2011 | Linocut | Paper size: 80 (h) x 60 (w) cm | Image size: 52 (h) x 38 (w) cm | Edition of 40 

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