The weight of grief - Maree Clarke and Khadija von Zinnenburg carroll on artist-centricity

Khadija Von Zinnenburg Carroll*, Maree Clarke

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This is a collaborative and artist-centric chapter between Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll and Maree Clarke, speaking as both artists and historians about cross-cultural experiences together. The chapter explores the extent to which political struggles for cultural recognition absorbed the historical knowledge about art practices in South Eastern Australia, thus allowing new Aboriginal possum skin cloaks, kopis, and eel traps to be made. It reflects on a practise of cross-cultural mourning through kopi workshops and different collaborations with artists and activists such as Megan Evans and Fran Edmonds. The copy, in the sense of both multiple artwork and written copy, is brought to resonate with the kopi, a skull cap made for mourning, in Maree Clarke’s work. The theme of death in particular is drawn out through examples from the exhibition Maree Clarke: Ancestral Memories at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCrosscurrents in Australian First Nations and Non-Indigenous Art
EditorsSarah Scott, Helen McDonald, Caroline Jordan
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages10-26
Number of pages17
ISBN (Electronic)9781000924732
ISBN (Print)9781032257372
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Aug 2023
Externally publishedYes

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