2021 01 02 Gwanji Monks art as relationship
Channel: Living Data
Date: 2021-01-02

Traditional Aboriginal Australians had no word for art. Markings and objects they created over tens of thousands of years may be manifestations of relationships existing through space and time. Contemporary Aboriginal artist Gwanji Monks reflects on his sculpture that's revealing itself as an angel - the spirit of his brother Chico - emerging from the massive up-turned root of a red cedar tree.