PAUL BONG | 'Subject 1880' | 2026 | Unique state/ hand coloured intaglio and chine collee print/ 31 plates | H 1600 x W 995 mm Green His ceremonial mask is unique

His ceremonial mask is unique to Iyama (Yam) Island

At one site there is in the middle of the saltpan some oyster rocks and no one is allowed to take any only the owners

The dancing gear is made of board

When we were young our parents would take us all on long walk about journeys

JANE DENNIS | ‘Pandanus Bearing Fruit’ | Linocut print | 64 (h) x 31 (w) cm | 250gsm cotton rag

PAUL BONG | 'Subject 1880' | 2026 | Unique state/ hand coloured intaglio and chine collee print/ 31 plates | H 1600 x W 995 mm Green His ceremonial mask is uniqueSubject 1880 recalls the period when Aboriginal people across the rainforest regions of Far North Queensland were documented through colonial systems that reduced human beings to subjects, records and numbers. Families who had cared for Country over countless generations suddenly found themselves written into another people's history while their own voices were systematically erased. In part, Subject 1880 is an attempt to reconstruct the young Lani