Title

Jan Davis – Walking Home. Recent works on paper.

Venues

Grahame Galleries + Editions. (9 October 2010 – 13 November 2010)

Date

(2010)

Summary

Single-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (QLD). Prints.

Web address

https://grahamegalleries.com.au/jan-davis-exhibit…

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

Walking Home is my metaphorical return journey to Gippsland, the place of my childhood.

The images are drawn from the intersection of two narratives of Gippsland: the myth of Lohan Tuka, the white woman reputedly held captive by the Kurnai tribes in the 1860s and the story of my settler family’s arrival at the same time.

The prints operate as imaginary maps for my journey, maps which record the places where particular events from the narratives occurred or could have occurred. The places named in the titles suggest resting points on my way.

The works evoke the tracks and traces of people walking across places, through time.

[Grahame Galleries + Editions media, 2010].

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03 Aug 2024