26/05/2024
La historia detrás de la pintura que elegímos. Vale la pena leerlo,
This powerful painting is titled ‘Sorry’.
Moved by a plane writing 'Sorry' in the sky during the 2000 Walk For Reconciliation, Wiradjuri artist and art tutor Nyree (Ngari) Reynolds (born in Wollongong NSW, 1948) was inspired to add the word to some of her paintings.
Reynolds says, "As part of my art practice I paint the Aboriginal children of the Stolen Generations blending into the landscape, their own Country from which they were removed. My hope is that when people view my work, they will leave with a new understanding of people who have been taken away from their family, home and Country. That they are real people with real stories to be told. Then I know my painting narratives have achieved what I hoped they would."
This digital image was collected by the Australian Museum in 2020.
Learn more about the history of the word Sorry with First Nations peoples on the AM Site: https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sorry/
Image: Sorry 2006 by Nyree (Ngari) Reynolds (born 1948) Acrylic, red ochre and sand on canvas © Nyree (Ngari) Reynolds
