Icon to a stolen child: Searcher
Artist
Julie DOWLING
Aboriginal/Indigenous
Birth:
in
30 Jan 1969
Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia
Artwork
Title
Icon to a stolen child: Searcher
Date
1998
Medium/Material
synthetic polymer paint, red ochre and metallic paint on canvas
Dimensions
35.2 x 30.5 cm (Height x Width x Depth)
Credit line
Purchased 1998
Copyright credit line
© Julie Dowling / Copyright Agency
Accession Number
1998/0139
Currently not on display
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Extended Label
This icon was made in honour of those First Nation family members,who upon the closure of religious missions, used their new freedom toactively search for stolen family members who were taken from them bygovernment ‘authorities’.
Artist statement, 2018This icon was made in honour of those First Nation family members, who upon the closure of religious missions, used their new freedom to actively search for stolen family members who were taken from them by government 'authorities'.
Vernon id: 15088