Eyes of the sea (Zobererkep)

Artist Anne Gela (1953)

Date1993

Object number00018461

NameLinocut

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsE fini frame.

ClassificationsArt

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionThe outrigger canoe and its five person crew are rendered in profile in this work by Anne Gela, framed by the stylized shape of a human eye. The internal area of the eye shape is occupied by the canoe, its crew and landscape details such as cloud and birds in flight. The sea and its various creatures - including fish, dugong, turtle, hammerhead shark and octopus - fill the foreground.HistoryArtist's statement: 'This print refers to the Islands that I come from (Torres Strait) and also includes the totems that most Island people have. The designs that you see in the print are taken from the designs of our totem poles and of etchings that are usually done on the conch shells.'