Judy Watson Heron Island Suite
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Judy Watson Heron Island Suite

Event Name: Judy Watson Heron Island Suite
 
Artists: Judy Watson
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012
Venue:
135 Bundall Rd
Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, QLD, 4217

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Judy Watson was born in Mundubbera and belongs to the Waanyi language group and is one of Australia’s most significant practicing artists. Her work is characterized by deeply felt understanding of the visceral connection between land and the people and creatures who have belonged to it. In 2009 she was appointed the first artist-in-residence at The University of Queensland’s Heron Island Research Station and the extended time on the island was perfectly suited to her process of intense observation and research. The Heron Island Suite of etchings is her response to the time she spent on the island, where she examined worrying signs of the impact of human activity and the onset of global warming on the Great Barrier Reef. On her daily island walks, she would collect material for visual research, such as coral forms, seaweed, feathers, vegetation and sea pods. The drawings she produced from this material provided the stimulus for these wonderful colourful etchings. The artist has altered a number of plates in the series by re-working and overlaying the prints with research charts developed by the scientists who are based at the research station. These graphs examine how ocean acidification, changes to sea-surface temperature, El Niño and global warming is impacting on coral bleaching and the breeding success of several species of seabirds.
Event Type: Arts and Exhibition
Genres: Art Exhibition

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