Artwork Title: Wonaka - the Spider Woman

Wonaka - the Spider Woman, 1998

Eddie Burrup

Artist's comment Wonaka, the spider woman, spread her net in the deep shade of a Leichhardt tree so she could catch her prey and eat them there at her leisure. Another half-remembered old story that Eddie Burrup started to tell on his way to the river ... The extensive body of work, visual and written, created between the years 1994 and 2000 that comprises The Art of Eddie Burrup is the final phase in the evolution of Elizabeth Durack’s oeuvre. In spirit and purpose it aligns with all that came before; it can be traced back some 60 years. It was nascent in the 1930s and probably first emerged in recorded visual form via The Whirlwind drawings and paintings of 1940–41. Towards the end of her life — through her daemon, Eddie Burrup — Elizabeth Durack distilled a lifetime of living and learning, of giving and taking, of exploring, reflecting upon and of recreating lost worlds of an ancient culture. Her art is homage to this culture. It also honours and fulfills an exceptional talent. http://www.elizabethdurack.com/artworks_series.php?img_id=148&series_id=33&curPage=2
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