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'The term "strange fruit" was termed in the 1950s when the Ku Klux Klan would hang African American people in the trees of the streets; hence the term "strange fruit". My work, suffice to say, is autobiographical. The work is thrown and hand built, saggar fired, fumed stoneware. My work is underpinned by the joy I feel in seeing a concretisation of the elements (earth, fire, water, air and metal) and the mix of their potentialities in that firing, as each firing is unique.'—Robyne Latham © Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Details

  • Title: Strange fruit
  • Creator: Robyne Latham
  • Creator Lifespan: 1956
  • Creator Nationality: Australian
  • Creator Gender: Female
  • Date: 1996
  • Type: Three-Dimensional Work
  • Rights: Purchased 1996, Telstra Collection, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory © licensed by the Artist
  • Medium: stonewear ceramic
  • Geographical Region of Artist: Perth, South-west Australia
  • Exhibition: 13th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 1996
  • Ethnic Language Group: Yamatji
  • Dimensions: 22 x 14 x 14 cm, 23 x 14 x 14 cm
  • Collection: Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art
  • Artist Ethnicity: Aboriginal

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