Year 10 Ceramics - Cabra Dominican College

Alair Pambegan, Wik-Mungkan people, Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, born Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland 1968, Mother, 2014, Sydney, earth pigments on found rakes; Acquisition through Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art supported by BHP 2015, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Image courtesy the artist, photo: Greg Piper.

Inspired by the work of Alair Pambegan and Tony Albert, Year 10 Ceramics students at Cabra Dominican College considered the opportunities artists have to raise awareness of social and environmental issues. Students investigated the effects of the current algal bloom in South Australia and the respective media coverage it has received. They then considered ways they could communicate their concerns through their works of art.

This body of work, called Future Fossils, responds directly to the cockles washed up on Goolwa beach. The use of multiples to strengthen their message connects to Albert and Pambegan’s work Frontier Wars Bone Fish Story Place, 2014, and Pambegan’s Mother 2014.

Year 10 Cabra Dominican College Ceramics

Year 10 Cabra Dominican College Ceramics

Year 10 Cabra Dominican College Ceramics

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