THIS IS NO FANTASY: Johnathon World Peace Bush 'Walking Between Two Worlds'

28 Feb-15 Mar 2025

Johnathon World Peace Bush, with Queen Victoria II (statues) (left), Joan of Arc (statues) (middle), and Burke and Wills (statues) (right), 2024. Credit: Courtesy of the artist, THIS IS NO FANTASY, and Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association. Photo by Will Heathcote.

Overview

THIS IS NO FANTASY presents Walking Between Two Worlds, a series of paintings by First Nations Australian artist Johnathon World Peace Bush. Painted in natural pigments in the three colours of Tiwi land (white, yellow, red), Bush’s works reimagine anthropological images of Tiwi people and Colonial figureheads, often immortalised in statues, each covered in ceremonial ornaments and body paint design. Applying Western imagery alongside a Tiwi visual language that predates the Renaissance, Bush’s work reflects on the complexities of history and heritage.

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