THE ART OF ISAWDI (FATE SAVARI)

A Collection of Barkcloth Art from the Ömie Artists, Papua New Guinea

THE ART OF ISAWDI (FATE SAVARI)

A Collection of Barkcloth Art from the Ömie Artists, Papua New Guinea

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) of Omie Artists. The title is Untitled & Jubuje ohu’o jarihan’e. [12-208 (01 & 02)] (Ink on Schoolbook Paper) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) of Omie Artists. The title is Untitled & Jubuje ohu’o jarihan’e. [12-208 (01 & 02)] (Ink on Schoolbook Paper)
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FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) (dec)

Untitled & Jubuje ohu’o jarihan’e
12-208 (01 & 02)
Ink on Schoolbook Paper
 Untitled & Jubuje ohu’o jariha… | 12-208 (01 & 02)
Ink on Schoolbook Paper
 22.5 x 17cm | 8.86 x 6.69in (irregular)
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NOTE : Double Sided

12-208 (01):

In 2012 at Gora Art Centre, Fate Savari presented a schoolbook she had obtained from her granddaughter. It was filled from front to back with drawings about her ancestral Ömie stories (including the Ömie creation story), histories, culture and clan designs. There were also some loose pages in the front and back of the schoolbook and more drawings on paper wrapped up in a larger drawing on paper. Fate created the book and drawings because she felt a great urgency to record her profound knowledge before she passed away. This is one of the special drawings from that first presentation of drawings.

This is an unidentified design.

12-208 (02):

Fate has drawn an unidentified nocturnal marsupial animal called a jubuje (similar to a possum). They live on top of the mountain. Omie people use to eat jubuje. It can be found feeding on the fruit of the the jari-han’e tree. Fate often uses the jubuje as her “signature” in her paintings and drawings. She explains, “I am the Jubuje… be-cause I paint fast! … just like the Jubuje moves through the trees.”

NOTE : Double Sided

12-208 (01):

In 2012 at Gora Art Centre, Fate Savari presented a schoolbook she had obtained from her granddaughter. It was filled from front to back with drawings about her ancestral Ömie stories (including the Ömie creation story), histories, culture and clan designs. There were also some loose pages in the front and back of the schoolbook and more drawings on paper wrapped up in a larger drawing on paper. Fate created the book and drawings because she...