Aboriginal Funeral Dance, Northern Territory

Batch 38643
Written By Jonathan Gooderham

Also exhibited as ‘Funeral Dance’

Oil on canvas

71 x 83 cm

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ILLUSTRATED

Plate 41: McIntyre, Peter. (1966) Peter McIntrye’s Pacific. A.H & A.W Reed Ltd, Wellington.

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"We went by boat out from Darwin to a rocky point on the coast where the

Aborigines were burying an elder of the tribe - at least, this was the final ceremony of burning his possessions and dancing his ghost into the ground. The chanting, the strange music of the didgeridoo and the magnificent dancing of the men seemed to date back into another age of man. In spite of the odd bits of white man's clothing the scene made me feel as though I were looking through a peephole in the curtain of time."

Peter McIntyre . (1966) Peter McIntrye’s Pacific

 
Jonathan Gooderham

Jonathan Gooderham established his first Gallery, Jonathan Grant Gallery, in 1984. Jonathan has dealt in traditional and contemporary paintings of the highest quality from the 18th through to the 21st Century. He assists collectors to select quality art pieces, providing a scholarly background to each painting, advising on framing, hanging, insurance and all other aspects of collecting.

In 1989 Jonathan purchased ARTIS Gallery and moved both galleries to their current location at 280 Parnell Road, Parnell, right in the heart of the Creative Quarter of Auckland City. Today Jonathan Grant Gallery & ARTIS Gallery sit side by side offering clients a selection of both classical and contemporary art. In 2012 a third gallery space was developed to exhibit the gallery’s sculpture collection. The Basement Gallery offers clients the opportunity to view large scale sculptures and paintings from the stockroom.

Jonathan has also undertaken extensive research on the works of New Zealand expatriate artist, Frances Hodgkins.

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