Keith Wikmunea

3D Model

Wik-Alkan and Wik-Mungkan languages

born 1967

lives Aurukun, Qld

Ku’, Theewith & Kalampang: The White Cockatoo, Galah and the wandering Dog 2023

earth pigments with binders on milkwood

280 x 140 x 120 cm

‘Ku’, Theewith & Kalampang: The White Cockatoo, Galah and the wandering Dog is a sculpture that represents who I am as a Thu’ Apalech man from the Cape York Peninsula. The colours on this tree are specific to my clan, the Thu’ Apalech people. In Wik-Mungkan, my first spoken language, we call this tree yuk thanchal. This tree is also known as milkywood [sic] in English and is the same tree that my ancestors have been using since the beginning of time to create their artefacts. My Puulwuy [father’s totem] and my Kathwuy [mother’s totem] are represented here too.’

Wandjuk Marika Memorial 3D Award (Sponsored by Telstra)