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Lament of a Dry Land

During the drought of 1993 we kept the cattle alive on molasses plus various bagged additives  - I found it cathartic to create my own drought language of symbols painted on patches cut from the feed bags. I  pieced them together in various ways. In this version they are collaged onto ply board, another version became the installation "Quilt for a hard bed" which won the $2000 Flying Arts/Shell Award in 1993.

1993

materials:

 Oil and bitumen on poly bag on 6mm ply with timber edge

no frame, ready to hang

finished size: 

 1200 mm h x  900 mm w

price:

AUD 1500