JOEL SAM | 'Yatha' | LinocutJoel Sam 'Yatha'

Bulthuku's

Ithab mura zapul pilemka ngoelmun zug ngurpay danalgaw mayab

Paper size 570 x 310 mm

She is a skilled weaver of the traditional gundala basket

His father is Ganggalu

Only in times of large-scale warfare did the need for an individual island leader arise

Layering the archival records of individuals who are documented in terms of their ‘preponderance of Aboriginal blood’ with the inked traces of that blood brings together the personal and the political in a manner that is more than a glib statement – it makes no bones about the systematic and official discrimination that underlies Australian history and the experience of generations of Aboriginal Australians

Joel Sam is a regular exhibitor at KickArts

His sculptures of camp dogs

he has worked on numerous exhibitions

Pisa gaanu

Patrick Butcher 'Which way Eh