Statement: Jack Green's Paintings
Paintings showing the impact of mining on Country, culture and community.
Location
Main floor
Green’s art tells stories of dispossession, destruction and the sadness of First Nations peoples prevented from protecting and caring for Country.
'There are lots of important sacred sites and song-lines throughout our country... when these places are damaged it hurts us. We feel cut open.'
- Jack Green
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