Last modified on Sun 7 Feb 2021 19.47 EST
A collaboration among Northern Territory artists has likened the history of violent massacres in the Gulf of Carpentaria to modern-day damage wrought by lead mining, using paintings, text and photographic portraits of children and elders holding an oversized bullet.
Lead in my grandmotherâs body is an exhibition from Borroloola by senior Garrwa man Jack Green, senior Garrwa-Yanyuwa woman Nancy McDinny, Garrwa-Gangalidda man Stewart Hoosan, Darwin-based artist Therese Ritchie and environmental anthropologist Seán Kerins of the Australian National University.
Their paintings are of historical events as passed down by grandparents and elders, as well as depicting daily life in Borroloola, next door to the McArthur River lead and zinc mine.