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.