Shark Sculpture
About this object
Narrative
Erub Island is located in the Torres Strait Islands, north of Australia. Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists from the Erub Arts Collaborative have worked with ghost nets (abandoned fishing nets) to create sculptural marine life including coral, fish, turtles, sharks and jellyfish. Many of these creations were featured in an exhibtion called "Ghost Nets of the Ocean", in Australia, which brought to light the artists’ concerns for the environmental damage caused by rogue nets, and the irreparable harm that discarded nets cause to marine life.
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Date Made
2017
Date Acquired
2 Feb 2018
How Acquired
Sold
Credit Line
Purchase funded by the Michael O'Brian Family FoundationMore...
Measurements
Overall: 91 cm x 135 cm x 300 cm
Object Number
3286/1