ROCKS ON YOUR BELLY, 2013

Important Australian Indigenous Art
Melbourne
26 March 2025
40

CHRISTIAN THOMPSON

born 1978
ROCKS ON YOUR BELLY, 2013

from the ‘Pagan Sun’ series

Type C print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper

122.0 x 122.0 cm

edition of 5 + 2AP
Estimate: 
$10,000 – $15,000
Provenance

Galerie Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Pagan Sun: Christian Thompson, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, 30 October – 23 November 2013 (another example)
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns, Queensland, 25 – 27 July 2024 (another example)
Christian Thompson: Artist in residence, Turner Galleries, Perth, 16 October – 14 November 2015 (another example)
Birds: Flight Paths in Australian Art, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2 December 2016 – 12 February 2017 (another example)

Literature

Nelson, R., ‘Visual arts review: This ghost of a bird-man is artist Christian Thompson’, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 13 November 2013 (illus., another example), https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/visual-arts-review-t... (accessed February 2025)
Art Almanac, Sydney, July 2014, cover (illus., another example), p. 35 (illus., another example)
Carter, D., ‘Passion for learning and art at heart of Cairns Indigenous Art Fair’, Cairns Post, Queensland, 26 July 2014 (illus., another example), https://www.cairnspost.com.au/lifestyle/passion-for-learning-and-art-at-... (accessed February 2025)
Ashley, M., ‘They carry our spirits and even clean our teeth: so what is it about birds?’, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 22 November 2016 (illus., another example), https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/they-carry-our-spirits-and-even-cle... (accessed February 2025)
Lennan, J., ‘The inner heartbreak of birds is revealed by Flight Paths In Australian Art’, Australian Financial Review, 25 November 2016 (illus., another example), https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-inner-lives-of-... (accessed February 2025)