Weaving a basket of knowledge
$2,495.00
About Artist
‘For me, it’s all about connecting the deep and heart-warming influences of our historic culture with the joys and anticipation of a cohesive and unified future. It’s about family and faith and giving our children a joyous way forward.
Tarisse King was born in Adelaide on September 4th 1986. She is daughter of renowned influential indigenous artist, the late William King Jungala. She derives from the Gurindji & Waanyi tribes. Tarisse grew up in the raw and confronting landscapes around Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory. They were the influences she couldn’t ignore and coupled with the guiding insights provided by her father and his people, she saw the importance of art and representing our grand and wonderful country and its spirit so that all can ‘see’ where we live. The journeys between Katherine where her father lived, and Darwin were long, arduous, isolated, dusty and simultaneously beautiful.
At the age of 16 Tarisse moved to Adelaide where she began to paint – her ideas, influences, experiences, history and culture combined to produce in her a style that was not only illustrative of ancient culture but demonstrative of a contemporary hopefulness. Now in New Zealand, as a mother of 4 girls & a boy, homemaker, life-partner and community member, she feels, more than ever, the strongest connection between the past and future. The past gives us history, stability, stories and roots while the future endows us with hope, anticipation, change and the notion of belonging to something quintessentially human.
Artist Statement
This painting represents a basket being weaved by myself and my 3 daughters, Amalii, Hinatore and Aorangi. It portrays our life experiences, connection & culture, intertwined together. I am passing down the stories taught by my father through this canvas to the next generation. Spending time together talking about where I grew up, the connection to the land and what the expectations are for them as they get older. They are the new keepers of knowledge and history. So we weaved this basket of knowledge simultaneously, letting our dots express our own belief of traditions, culture, kinship and lore.