Duta Ganha Woka (Save Mother Earth)
2022
Medium
driftwood, jute (string), ochre
Measurements
(1-113) 220.5 × 1025.0 × 15.5 cm (variable) (installation)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australians Artists, 2022
© Lee Darroch
Gallery location
Gallery 1
Ground Level, NGV Australia
About this work
Lee Darroch is a Yorta Yorta, Mutti Mutti and Boonwurrung artist who works across possum skin cloak-making, sculpture, weaving, feather work, printmaking, drawing and public art. Duta Ganha Woka (Save Mother Earth) is a 10-metre-long driftwood installation representing thirty-eight men and thirty-eight women of the thirty-eight Aboriginal language groups in Victoria. Across two rows, jute string connects each unique piece of driftwood together, indicating the important connections between Victorian First Peoples throughout the state and across generations. Each piece of driftwood is inscribed with a message that resonates across all thirty-eight Victorian language groups: ‘Save Mother Earth Now’.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Raymond Island, Victoria
Accession Number
2022.1551.1-113
Department
First Nations Australia