2017/0041 Icon to a stolen child: Teacher

Icon to a stolen child: Teacher

Artist

Julie DOWLING
Aboriginal/Indigenous
Birth:
30 Jan 1969
 in
Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia

Artwork

Title
Icon to a stolen child: Teacher
Date
1999
Medium/Material
synthetic polymer paint, red ochre, glitter and metallic paint on canvas
Dimensions
40.0 x 30.0 cm (Height x Width x Depth)
Credit line
Gift of Brigitte Braun, 2017
State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia
Copyright credit line
© Julie Dowling / Copyright Agency
Accession Number
2017/0041
Currently not on display

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This icon is about a grandmother who had been stolen from her familyand culture at an early age. She found her family again after decadesand began to learn more about her culture. She told me she began toteach her grandchildren about her life story and the things she learntfrom her lost family.Inside the heads of her grandchildren are pictographs of their thoughtsas they listen to their grandmother’s knowledge.

Artist statement, 2018This icon is about a grandmother who had been stolen from her family and culture at an early age. She found her family again after decades and began to learn more about her culture. She told me she began to teach her grandchildren about her life story and the things she learnt from her lost family. Inside the heads of her grandchildren are pictographs of their thoughts as they listen to their grandmother’s knowledge.

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