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Aerial view of JRs work Homily to Country 2020 during a live procession in Menindee Lakes, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday 27 February 2021. Photo: NGV
MELBOURNE
.- A procession event featuring four 30m-long portrait photographs taken by internationally-renowned French contemporary artist JR - and carried by the portrait subjects themselves, including local farmers, orchardists and local Baakandji community members - made its way through the dry Menindee Lakes district in regional New South Wales yesterday to highlight the ecological decline of the Darling / Baaka River.
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