Colonial Wallpapers - Mantle of Perception
Artist
Helen S Tiernan
(born 1952)
Date2017
Object numberV00055150
NamePainting
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 1785 × 610 × 40 mm
Copyright© Helen S Tiernan
ClassificationsArt
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThe artist Helen Tiernan paints a panorama intermingling Australian colonial and modern references within a powerful foreground centred on the bust of Truganini. Vast in both its geography and timelines, the painting presents a pot-pouri of mixed European and Indigenous perceptions of the land.SignificanceArtist Helen Tiernan's painting 'Colonial Wallpapers - Mantle of Perception' is significant as an example of modern re-interpretation of colonial history from an Indigenous perspective.
