Jimmy Pike

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Jimmy Pike (* around 1940 ; † 2002 ) was an Aboriginal artist from the Walmatjarri ethnic group.

Life

Pike was born east of Japingka, an important camp site in the Great Sand Desert. He grew up as a hunter and gatherer. Like many of his people, he was drawn north towards the fertile river valleys and the sheep and cattle stations to find food. He lived as a Fringe resident near Cherrabun train station and eventually came to live with relatives in the train station camp. There he worked as a cattle herder. He was named Jimmy Pike by a station manager after Phar Laps Jockey. In 1972, Pike killed another resident of his camp while under the influence of alcohol, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Later he presented himself as a vengeance tool of supernatural powers, since the slain would have illegally appropriated cult objects and thus would have incurred serious guilt from a religious point of view. In Fremantle Prison, Pike learned about Western art materials and began painting. Even before he was considered resocialized and released from prison because of the artwork he created, his work was exhibited in major Australian galleries. In 1989, Pike was featured in the documentary The Quest of Jimmy Pike. Jimmy Pike married the British Australian Pat Lowe in 1982. Pike died of a heart attack in 2002.

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The subject of Pike's work was the life and mythical world of his indigenous people. In addition to the polychrome paintings in earth colors, oil and acrylic on bark, tarpaulin and canvas, he made woodcuts that are reminiscent of rock carvings. His wife supported him as a writer in his work. Pike illustrated a number of his wife's books. His work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions in Great Britain, the Philippines, China, Namibia and Italy. During an exhibition of his paintings in London in 1998, Pike and his wife Pat Lowe attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace. He was given the opportunity of a joint exhibition with Zhou Xiaoing at the National Gallery of China in Beijing, entitled "Through the eyes of two cultures". He was the first Australian painter to appear there.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1985 Aboriginal Artists Gallery, Melbourne.
  • 1986 Aboriginal Artists Gallery, Sydney.
  • 1986 Black Swan Gallery, Fremantle.
  • 1988 Blaxland Gallery, Sydney and Melbourne.
  • 1991 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
  • 2000 Museo dell'Aeronautica G. Caproni, Trento, Italy.

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • 1984 Her Majesty's Theater, Perth.
  • 1993 gallery in Vinyard Berlin.
  • 1994 New Tracks Old Land Touring USA.
  • 1994 Contemporary Visions Melbourne.
  • 1999 "Through the eyes of two cultures", National Gallery of China, Beijing.
  • 1999 NATSI Art Award NTMG Darwin
  • 2000 Japingka Gallery Perth.

Collections (selection)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The Australian Art Print Network . In: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fine Art Prints and sculpture . Archived from the original on April 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ Jimmy Pike . Art Gallery of NSW.
  3. ↑ Jimmy Pike, artist . Victoria Museum. Archived from the original on January 14, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 1, 2019. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / museumvictoria.com.au
  4. ↑ Jimmy Pike . National Gallery of Australia.
  5. ↑ Kuntika Jimmy Pike . In: National Gallery of Victoria .
  6. ↑ Kurnti Jimmy Pike . National Gallery of Victoria.
personal data
SURNAME Pike, Jimmy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian Aboriginal artist (Walmatjarri)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1940
DATE OF DEATH 2002