How artists Judy Watson and Helen Johnson are stripping back Australia's 'white blanket of forgetfulness'
- Written by: Julie Shiels, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
Installation view,
Judy Watson & Helen
Johnson: the red thread of history, loose ends.National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, 2022In his 1980 Boyer Lecture, art historian Bernard Smith said a “white blanket of forgetfulness” had been thrown over the horrors of Australia’s colonial past.
Renowned Australian artists,...