Following the extraordinary response to Johnathon World Peace Bush’s work at The Armory Show New York in September, we’re thrilled to present an exhibition of new works in the gallery.
Bush’s work draws on his background as an Indigenous Tiwi Islander based on remote, traditional lands, yet immersed in contemporary culture. With its unique compositional structure and overtly political nature, Bush’s work is a combination of ancient Tiwi culture and his reflections on colonialism, politics and heritage. Painted in traditional ochres, it incorporates techniques drawing on ceremonial Jilamara Tiwi design, applying it to imagery relating to Catholicism, Tiwi colonial experience, anthropological images of the Tiwi, and political figureheads.
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