In this rare piece we see indigenous artists from Whaketalup offer us an installation of cultural significance.
Placing the treated remnants of a sacred hunting animal reverently on a plain timber support they emphasise the division between the modern and the past. The ethnobiological trope speaks to the link between culture and place, clearly informing the arrangement of objects and contrasting with the simple shape of the support which guides us on our way.
The sensitive use seen here of found objects makes a profound statement about the way in which the departed soul of the animal calls to travellers passing through the natural landscape of their forefathers. The creative form gives pause to, and refreshes, the modern journeyman through this ancient land.
Chris, it is obviously many yrs since you visited the Tate Galllery ( Tate Modern) in London. I drop in fairly often as there is a wonderful Thames riverside walk between our daughters flat Bermondsey and Waterloo station but always end up bursting out laughing. The arty types don’t laugh.