Oceania and Pacific

Australia

Extracts (2005)

You call us Aborigines! I am not an Aborigine! I am a Djaru. That’s spelt “d”, “j”, “a”, “r”, “u”, Djaru. It’s the name of my mother’s tribe living in the Kimberley today.”

Mary Ann, Dean of the University of Darwin.

 

There are over 350 “aboriginal” languages…

And for this reason, this voyage across Australia is an invitation to read or reread The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin.

Carte d'Australie, 2005. Gouache sur papier, 60 x 120 cm

Pansy, 2005. Gouache sur papier, 55,5 x 84 cm

 

Lola, 2005, C-Print, 131 x 120 cm.
 

Pansy, Tirage argentique, 30 x 24 cm - Lola, Sidney. Gouache sur papier, 46 x 37 cm
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