Robyn MacRae, Un dia de enero (PEOPLE 2024)

As an Australian with migrant heritage I am intrigued by the human need for connections to place. My artistic practice often investigates the interrelation of time, place and belonging in the creation of contemporary Australian identity. This need to question is heightened in the month of January as conversations, some emotive, discuss "the date” and what it means to be Australian. In this image my son Gus and his new Argentine wife Gigi sit on a beach in Yuin Country. The portrait is a juxtaposition of strength and vulnerability and ellipses time in their journey of connection to place and a sense of belonging.

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