SUPERCUT x ROBERT TOMMY PAU
4 July 2022 onwards
Time
Robert Tommy PAU / Time [detail] 2021 / digital image of linocut on somerset velvet white 300gsm 100% cotton / © Robert Tommy Pau
"1871 is a point in time where Islanders refers to Coming of the Light. This is a very profound statement as it is a demarcation between their past history and modern history."
Bruce Highway
3.2km west of Bundaberg Airport on Isis Highway
Outbound Bundaberg Q 4678
(map here)
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Robert Tommy Pau is a descendant of the Eastern Torres Strait Islands, Australian Aboriginal, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islander and Asia. He speaks Torres Strait Creole and Australian English. He was taught about the need to keep culture strong through cultural practice by his father. He has a strong commitment to keeping old traditions alive and believes that culture must remain true to the past and move with time to exist in the future. Tommy has considerable experience in the arts and his art forms of choice include printmaking, painting and sculpture.
Billboard documentation by Sabrina Lauriston
SUPERCUT is supported by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government Initiative and is presented in partnership with Artspace Mackay and Northsite Contemporary Arts, Cairns.