ROBERT TOMMY PAU | 'Time' | 2021 | Linocut print Print Edition:7/10 KEITH WIKMUNEA | 'Piintal' |

KEITH WIKMUNEA | 'Piintal' | 2022 | Acrylic paint on linen / Framed in floating box timber

Papua New Guinea

Artwork story: An Island warrior ready for battle

Sawur miyakal apaw ay yawoeyka pira boeradharal milagnu laganu

Itha mura mineral ngaw thathrzimal

ROBERT TOMMY PAU | 'Time' | 2021 | Linocut print Print Edition:7/10 KEITH WIKMUNEA | 'Piintal' |ROBERT TOMMY PAU, 'Time', 2021, linocut on somerset velvet white 300gsm 100% cotton, 59. 5 78. 5cm "1871 is a point in time where Islanders refers to Coming of the Light. This is a very profound statement as it is a demarcation between their past history and modern history." Tommy is a descendant of the Eastern Torres Strait Islands, Australian Aboriginal, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islander and Asia. He speaks Torres Strait Creole and Australian