Meekatharra Magic
Title
Meekatharra Magic
Date/s
2003
Location
Meekatharra, Western Australia
Discipline
Painting | Printmaking | Mixed Media
Artist Statement
These works are derivative of a trip that I made out to Meekatharra as part of a mining | drilling | rigging gig. Using the drill core sample I combined this with shellac and gold leaf to create works which are emblematic of the experience of being out there on Country, where the landscape is peppered with abandoned mining leases like cancer drilling holes in a body. The rampant racism in that town, the violence, heat and the alcohol issues all worn like wounds on a festering skin. These are the first works I made into the Project 44 project, referencing the first use of GPS and GIS in ‘location’ and ‘place’ discussions with those interested at the time.
Substrate
Monoprint, etching, gold dust, shellac, ochre and oil paint on board.
Dimensions
255mm (L) x 255mm)b)
Status
Choo Family Collection
