Artwork Alick Tipoti Aralpaia ar Zenikula (detail), 1998 Artwork | Statement | History Alick Tipoti Aralpaia ar Zenikula 1998 Linoprint 50 x 100cm Collection of the artist Reproduced with permission Alick Tipoti lives in the Torres Strait. He grew up mainly on Badu Island, and currently lives on Horn and Thursday Islands. His printmaking continues the Torres Strait Islander tradition of storytelling. He is especially interested in the Badu Island stories told to him by his father and other elders about sea creatures, headhunters, religious beliefs and life before colonisation. To compose a work, he starts by drawing the main figures and elements of the story. Then he fills in the rest of the space with motifs inspired by the carving on traditional Torres Strait Islander artefacts. Using the linocut technique, he produces large-scale, visually dense prints. He works mostly in black and white to highlight the intricate designs. Left to right: Alick Tipoti Ali, 2000 Linoprint 100 x 50cm Collection of the artist Reproduced with permission Kobupa thoerapiese, 1999 Linoprint 100 x 50cm Collection of the artist Reproduced with permission Mawa kedtha, 1999 Linoprint 100 x 50cm Collection of the artist Reproduced with permission

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