creeks and hills

Created in collaboration with Tony Albert to accompany his exhibition Not a Souvenir at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

As explored in the book's introduction

108 Pages

Thomas J Price is celebrated for his large-scale figurative sculptures

Scarf | Cotton | Damien and Yilpi Marks | MCA Publication creeks and hillsThis is a teaching painting, describing a dry season in Damien's homeland, Mount Liebig, in the Northern Territory. It illustrates aspects of landscape and culture that was told to Damien by his great grandparents. Women sit with children collecting bush potatoes (the red shapes at the top of the painting) and are preparing for inma (ceremony). One man, wati, sits down with his waru (spear). Controlled burnings are taking place as the spinifex is dry,