The Seventh Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Turpentine shrubs growing on Shirley Macnamara’s western Queensland cattle property / The artist carrying an uprooted turpentine shrub on her property / Spinifex runner roots stripped of their outer layer / Images courtesy: The artist ABOVE SHIRLEY MACNAMARA Australia b.1949 Indilandji/Alyawarre people QLD Erkel ( Vessel ) 2010 Twined spinifex (Triodia pungens) with nylon thread, red ochre, galah feathers and synthetic polymer fixative / 14 x 31 x 25cm / Purchased 2010 with funds from the Bequest of Grace Davies and Nell Davies through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery