Wurna Juwal - Walking up and down, always moving, from waterhole to soak

A Collection of Fine Mangkaja Indigenous Art

Wurna Juwal - Walking up and down, always moving, from waterhole to soak

A Collection of Fine Mangkaja Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WESLEY MASELLI of Miscellaneous Artists. The title is Shopping at Shell. [WM201602004] (Oil and Paint Pen on Masonite) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WESLEY MASELLI of Miscellaneous Artists. The title is Shopping at Shell. [WM201602004] (Oil and Paint Pen on Masonite)
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WESLEY MASELLI

Shopping at Shell
WM201602004
Oil and Paint Pen on Masonite
 Shopping at Shell | WM201602004
Oil and Paint Pen on Masonite
 91 x 122cm | 35.83 x 48.03in
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"Plastic bags obscure form and are therefore mysterious and evocative. This painting is called ’Shopping at Shell’. In Fitzroy, the health care workers wear orange shirts to work. I don’t know why. Yellow and red makes orange, and yellow and red is the sign for Shell petrol stations, i.e. the Shell Roadhouse in Fitzroy. I’m going to say that small parts of a squillion dollars are spent delivering the message of ’health’, importantly including diet. But if you want somewhere that is open late and sells soft drink cheaper than water, and has an entire vertical freezer devoted to chicken drumsticks, then shop at Shell. The fossil fuel industry, is also subsidised by the government. This painting, should probably be hung upside down."

"Plastic bags obscure form and are therefore mysterious and evocative. This painting is called ’Shopping at Shell’. In Fitzroy, the health care workers wear orange shirts to work. I don’t know why. Yellow and red makes orange, and yellow and red is the sign for Shell petrol stations, i.e. the Shell Roadhouse in Fitzroy. I’m going to say that small parts of a squillion dollars are spent delivering the message of ’health’, importantly including diet. But if you...