MICHAEL JALARU TORRES - WIRRIYA (HAPPY) FRAMED WITHOUT GLASS
MICHAEL JALARU TORRES
WIRRIYA (HAPPY) FRAMED WITHOUT GLASS
, 2019
59 x 84 cm
photographic print on Ilford smooth Pearl
REGION
Broome, WA
PROVENANCE
Direct from the Artist
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
STORY
Michael Torres was raised in Broome, of Djugun Yawaru, Djabirr Djabirr and Gooniyandi heritage. In his series NATIVE, Michael creates a polemic around the first peoples of the Kimberley, their ownership of the land, and the legislation that has oppressed them. He poses the question: What is being NATIVE and how does a NATIVE person see the world?
In his own words: 'The landscape talks to us through colours and textures far beyond what the untrained eye can see – through the shift in colours in the sky and water, the contrast from land to sea, and the emotional connection to country.'
EXHIBITED
May 2019, Native, Cooee Art for Head On Photo Fest
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