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The successful 2007 Bubbles on the Surface II Exhibition was held at Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland Campus from 14th August to 6th September.
To purchase Badger Bates artwork please email Sarah Martin.
The exhibition Bubbles on the Surface II, is an artistic response to the creation stories of the Narran Lakes area in NSW, its water stories and its place in the lives of people living today. In paintings, lino prints and wood carvings, oral histories and stories, well known Aboriginal artist Badger Bates is joined by Chrissiejoy Marshall to take us on a journey that connects water, land, people and animals. The Narran Lakes is part of a songline that physically links in the footprints of the creator Biaime, the Narran Lakes, the Brewarrina Fish traps, Mt Gunderbooka and a waterhole at Byrock, all hundreds of kilometres apart. The artists share a concern at the heart of the project, about the environmental degradation of the Murray-Darling Basin. The project ripples beyond the rivers and lake to the surrounding creeks, billabongs, underground water, surface water and all of the connections between them.
Bubbles on the Surface II expands on a selection of artworks from the 2006 exhibition to include exciting new carvings, lino prints and paintings.
Badger is holding community art workshops in Wilcannia, NSW during 2007. Aboriginal participants will make artworks and carve a redgum log with stories from the river.
Echidna feeding after rain
by Badger Bates (2004)
Linoprint, 70 x 37 cm
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More about 2006 Exhibition and how to purchase a catalogue
Badger Working at home
"I use lino because I can make big bold images and use my Baakantji traditional designs to fill in the picture. Lino is like carving emu eggs or wood, which I was taught as a kid at Wilcannia. The wavy lines show the movement of the water, bringing it alive. These lines are what my grandmother used to carve on boomerangs. The lines take you right back to the billabong, like in a dream."
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