Sally Gabori, Thundi – Big River, 2010. Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 196 × 306 cm. David Gyngell and Leila McKinnon, Sydney, Australia. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © Mark Pokorny
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, 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, 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, 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
Other works about Thundi were completed entirely in brushstrokes, or were similarly overpainted in white, evoking the ripple patterns on the sand flats, the frothing water at the river mouth, small waves lapping on the beach or the complete inundation of the area during extreme weather. Bruce Johnson McLean, "Dulka Warngiid: The Whole world" in Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori. Publication Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, 2022
Sally Gabori, Thundi, 2012. Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 151 × 196 cm. Annabel Rupert Myer Collection, Melbourne, Australia. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © Simon Strong
Sally Gabori, Thundi, 2011. Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 196 × 455 cm. Private collection, Brisbane, Australia. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © Tom MacDonald
Sally Gabori, Thundi, 2010. Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 198 × 151 cm. Private collection, Bowral, Australia. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © Mark Pokorny
Sally Gabori painting Dibirdibi Country. Art & Craft Center, Mornington Island, 2009 Video 48’08’’ © The Estate of Sally Gabori. Video © Inge Cooper
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, Nyinyilki, 2009. Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 198 × 607 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia. Purchased in 2011. © The Estate of Sally Gabori / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © National Gallery of Australia
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, 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
Sally Gabori, Nyinyilki – Main Base , 2009. Private collection, Adelaide, Australia. © The Estate of Sally Gabori. / Adagp, Paris, 2022. Photo © Simon Strong.
Sally Gabori painting Dibirdibi Country. Art & Craft Center, Mornington Island, 2010. Photo © Inge Cooper
Sally Gabori painting Dibiridibi. Art & Craft Center, Mornington Island, 2008. Photo © Inge Cooper
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