JOSEPH AU | 'Aypulumay' | Linocut print Dibirdibi some are big

some are big

Kuruwayan yaadu palgan ngoelmun apaw zagethaw ngurpay kedha paypa kidh paru lagaka

Artist: Ellen Roughsey

Their inherent spirituality derived from ancestral ties to the land and sea

Catalogue MOIS55-18

JOSEPH AU | 'Aypulumay' | Linocut print Dibirdibi some are bigJoseph Au, Aypulumay, 2016, linocut print on paper, 200. 4x111. 5cm (image size), edition of 12 Ayupulumay means hunting or looking for food. During Sageraw Thonar we still have to go out hunting even though the weather on the water may not be good. I feature the totems of my family within my artwork. This work features the crocodile, which is the totem of both my mother and father. In each of the legs there are three bars carved. This mark represents