Carving into Country: The work of Badger Bates
When I carve I feel I am carving new life into my country and I can hear my old Granny and the other old people singing in the language.
Editor Daniel Browning interviews artist Vernon Ah Kee who discusses the lack of criticism of Aboriginal art and the abundance of 'mass production' Aboriginal art emanating from remote communities seen by some as 'real Aboriginal art' but in the eyes of Ah Kee simply and uncritically playing into false romantic notions of the lives of Aboriginal people.