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ASH MUD & TEARS.

Northern Rivers Community Gallery | May - June 2023

Jude White and Michelle Walker present an exhibition of works capturing the energies and turmoil in the aftermath of fires and floods in the Northern Rivers. These extraordinary events shattered a sense of safety and security, making many feel helpless and overwhelmed. Images of burnt trees, mud-stained houses and impacted landscapes are overlaid, scaled and remixed depicting a time of great upheaval.

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Using a diverse range of media including textiles, wood, metal, ash, mud, pigment and found objects, Walker and White convey a sense of raw force experienced during these events and the loss, disruption and grief that followed.

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In her large silk works, White has moved away from her early work, expanding her textile practice to incorporate the natural elements of botanical dyeing, dyed leaves, ash, mud and charcoal. The scale of the work, mirror the powerful forces of nature unleashed on our local region in both events.

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acknowledgment
 

I acknowledge the beautiful Bundjalung people of the country I live and work.

I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of all the places and communities in which I work. I pay my respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
 

My work celebrates the stories, culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders of all communities, who also work and live on this land.

Permission and consent has been sort for all photographs and content on this website that depict Indigenous Australians and their artwork.

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I acknowledge my white privilege and I am mindful of the white colonial lens, in which I was raised.

I strive to understand and work in ways that are culturally sensitive and address 'white blindness'.
I am deeply grateful for my opportunities to work, learn and form relationships with Indigenous artists.

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