Title
Bushfires
2020
Artist
Rona Panangka Rubuntja
Australia
11 Jul 1970 –
Language groups: Western Aranda, Central Desert region, Auslan
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Hermannsburg
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- 2020
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- underglaze on terracotta
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 34.0 cm
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Mollie Douglas Bequest 2020
- Location
- North Building, ground level, Yiribana Gallery
- Accession number
- 150.2020.a-b
- Copyright
- © Rona Panangka Rubuntja
- Artist information
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Rona Panangka Rubuntja
Works in the collection
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About
“This pot is about the bushfires at Christmas time 2019. I felt really sad when I saw the people leaving their homes. The people were crying because they lost their homes, all their things and some lost worse, their friends and family. The animals were frightened, they could feel the fire coming and could see the trucks and people moving. Big grape farms burned; the farmers lost their crops. The fire fighters tried to put out the fire but the fire was so big. There were a lot of good people helping in the fires. The firefighters were very brave and even the people helping with traffic. I made this pot because I was feeling really sad for all the people in the fires. I have friends in Victoria and I was worried about them.” Rona Rubuntja
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Places
Where the work was made
Hermannsburg
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Yiribana Gallery: opening collection display, Art Gallery of New South Wales, North Building, Sydney, 03 Dec 2022–29 May 2023
