CLAUDINE MARZIK | ‘The Body Language of Plants No. 43’ | Acrylic on paper Gift AGNES KOHLER | ‘Somewhere On

AGNES  KOHLER | ‘Somewhere On Country’ | 2021 | Acrylic on board | 41 (dia) cm

Dawn attacks were favoured as it was assumed that sleeping communities were off guard

all I have learnt about my Culture through my art is a blessing

I was young when the Europeans came in 1946 to take us away from our home and forced us to live on Mornington Island in the dormitory in the mission there

bringing together ceramics and weaving — two ancient crafts that speak of humanity’s deep connection to nature

CLAUDINE MARZIK | ‘The Body Language of Plants No. 43’ | Acrylic on paper Gift AGNES KOHLER | ‘Somewhere OnThe Body Language Of Plants series developed over a few years while voluntarily working at the Australian Tropical Herbarium Cairns, (ATH) located at JCU. For archival purposes, part of my job was remounting a collection of plant species originally collected in Weipa on behalf of a Mining Company during the 1980s. The process of removing existing specimens of the original paper, left behind marks or stains caused by the organic plant material. The