Sally Gabori, Dibirdibi Country, 2011. Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 198 × 455 cm. Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © Simon Strong
Sally Gabori, Dibirdibi Country, 2010. Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 196 × 456 cm. Collection of Garance Primat, Geneva, Switzerland. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © Marian Gérard, Studio Gérard, Geneva, Switzerland
Sally Gabori, Dibirdibi Country, 2008. Synthetic polymer on linen, 198 × 304 cm. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Purchased, NGV Supporters of Indigenous Art, 2010. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © National Gallery of Victoria
Sally Gabori, Amanda Gabori and Elsie Gabori, Pat and Sally’s Country, 2011. Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 198 × 305 cm. Patricia Roberts, Melbourne, Australia. © Estate Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © Simon Strong.
Sally Gabori, Nyinyilki, 2011. Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 196 × 301 cm. Bendigo Art Gallery Collection, purchased 2016. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © Simon Strong
Sally Gabori painting Dibirdibi Country. Art & Craft Center, Mornington Island, 2009 Video 48’08’’ © The Estate of Sally Gabori. Video © Inge Cooper
Sally Gabori, Dibirdibi Country, 2008. Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 200 × 600 cm. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia. Purchased 2008 with funds from Margaret Mittelheuser AM and Cathryn Mittelheuser AM through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © Merinda Campbell, QAGOMA
Sally Gabori painting Dibirdibi Country. Art & Craft Center, Mornington Island, 2010. Photo © Inge Cooper
Sally Gabori grew to womanhood in the fully traditional cultural setting described above, and in her twenties became the fourth co-wife of Pat Gabori (Kabararrjingathi Bulthuku, 1922-2009). Nicholas Evans, "The Eye of the Dolphin: Sally Gabori and the Kaiadilt Vision", in Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori. Publication Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, 2022.
Sally Gabori painting Dibirdibi Country. Art and Craft Centre, Mornington Island, 2011. Photo © Inge Cooper
Sally Gabori, Amanda Gabori and Elsie Gabori painting Pat and Sally’s Country. Art and Craft Centre, Mornington Island, 2011. Photo © Inge Cooper
Detail of Sally Gabori, Nyinyilki, 2011. Peinture polymère synthétique sur toile de lin, 196 × 301 cm. Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Australie. Acquisition 2016. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022 .Photo © Simon Strong.
Sally Gabori, Dibirdibi Country, 2010. Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 199 × 607 cm. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Purchased with funds provided by the Aboriginal Collection Benefactors’ Group, 2010. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © AGNSW
Sally Gabori, Dibirdibi Country, 2010. Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 200 × 305 cm. Estate Sally Gabori, Cairns and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © Simon Strong
Detail of Sally Gabori, Nyinyilki, 2010. Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 196 × 300 cm. Private collection, Melbourne, Australia. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © Simon Strong
Sally Gabori's family talking about family history. Cairns, 2022. Video © Craig Bender and Vera Hong
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