Two Fighting Snakes
Image source Frances Andrijich
Artist: Matthew Tjupurulla Gill
Asset Type: Mosaic
Year of Work: 1994
Location: South Western corner of Forrest Place
Provenance: City of Perth
Description: A popular Forrest Place artwork depicts two snakes fighting over two Tjupurulla men at the homeland of the artist’s father near Lake Mackay in WA’s Northwest.
The 5 x 7 metre mosaic was constructed using over 17,000 mosaic tesserae of red, black, yellow and white granite.
The original design was translated from a dot painting created by the Balgo Hills artist in 1988.
The painting is part of the City of Perth Art Collection.
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