JUDY WATSON | 'skullduggery' | Publication ghost net sculpture Beginning with the protagonist’s (referred

Beginning with the protagonist’s (referred to as ‘the King of Shitty’ or ‘King of Nails’) chronic illness

Robinson’s art reflects the tropical marine environment surrounding Waiben (Thursday Island) and the inhabitants of that environment

He was taught about the need to keep culture strong through cultural practice by his father

so Watson overlays copies of the official departmental documentation with etched ink stains resembling blood

Kala Lagaw Ya translation: Alick Tipoti

JUDY WATSON | 'skullduggery' | Publication ghost net sculpture Beginning with the protagonist’s (referred2nd edition skullduggery highlights issues of bone hunting, collecting, and repatriation of Australian Aboriginal remains capturing the way Indigenous people were viewed as a commodity and resource, rather than people whose lives and cultural practices should be respected. The work focuses on correspondence between Matron Agnes Kerr from Burketown Hospital (Gulf of Carpentaria), curators at the Wellcome Museum (London), and a third party regarding the