Proud and looking on, bag
2014
Medium
digital print on tapa (barkcloth), seeds, fibre string, cotton, metal, plastic
Measurements
70.3 × 50.7 × 5.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2015
Gallery location
The Ancient World
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Proud and looking on, bag reflects on the tension between tradition and modernity, exploring identity as something both inherited and continually redefined. The work speaks to the experience of standing between two worlds, where ancestral voices persist amid the accelerating rhythm of contemporary life. Through the use of digital imagery on barkcloth, the work bridges material and metaphorical layers: the organic texture of the surface evokes the earth and origins, while the digital aspect anchors it in the present. This duality captures the artist’s meditation on carrying cultural memory forward through new forms of expression.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Accession Number
2015.15
Departments
Oceanic Costumes and Textiles / Pacific Art