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Art + Soul (2010)

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clip 'Water Brain'

Original classification rating: PG. This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

Rusty Peters, an East Kimberley artist and elder, comments on the metaphysics of water in his masterpiece Water Brain (2002).

Curator’s notes

As Peters explains, the painting represents the journey of a life cycle and how we learn and acquire knowledge in the process. It highlights an alternate epistemology to the dominant culture in Australia, providing another way of seeing, knowing and understanding.