Butötudë (Spider web) 2005
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The artist, courtesy Ömie Nemiss Incorporated. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased N 2009 Australia
Dapeni Jonevari, Ömie people, Emate clan, born 1949. Godibehi village, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. natural pigments on nioge (barkcloth). 118.5 x 89.8 cm irreg.
Wisdom of the Mountain: Art of the Ömie
NGV International
Friday 27 November 2009 to Sunday 21 March 2010
The Ömie, a small tribe of less than 2000 people, live on the steep south-eastern slopes of Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea. Wisdom of the Mountain: Art of the Ömie will comprise of approximately thirty of the finest examples of Ömie bark cloth. Revealing the beauty and spiritual inwardness of designs from nature, this exhibition will show the dynamism of this great art form.
Enabling the viewer to study the work of eight individual Ömie women artists, this exhibition will defy commonly held misconceptions that the Oceanic artist is anonymous and male.
Free entry
