{"product_id":"annabel-milera-summer-time","title":"Annabel Milera - Summer time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnabel Milera\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSummer time\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eacrylic on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e36 x 28 cm \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo frames. Mother and child, kept apart. Australian child removal policies have fractured the psychosocial\nand cultural development of generations of Aboriginal children. While national investigations have\nacknowledged the atrocities of the Stolen Generations, Aboriginal children continue to be placed in out-ofhome\ncare at disproportionate rates. The dense fields of pattern are knowledge; symbols accumulating\nover thousands of years, encoding the human truth of connection: the breast that feeds, the body that\ncreates, the bond that sustains. Purple exists throughout Country in the Mulla Mulla blanketing the inland,\nthe iridescent wings of the Jewel Beetle, the bruised tones of desert dusk. It is ancient and often misread.\nLike the culture it carries. Characters sit on top, replacing cultural stories. Born from this Country,\ndistributed by hands from elsewhere while the story stays and the profit leaves. Beneath them, the pattern\ncontinues, indifferent, waiting. The child’s silhouette offers the same gesture as breath pushing ochre onto\nrock. Reflecting the marks that have lasted thousands of years. Presence across time. Proof of continuity\nand survival. A barefoot child who belongs to Country so completely that the boundary between body and\nearth dissolves. The absence of a barrier is not a failure of care. It is the oldest form of it. The woman\ndoes not conform to the archetype projected onto Aboriginal womanhood. Aboriginal identity is not a skin\ntone or a face that matches someone's expectation. Between the two frames is everything that was taken,\nand everything that cannot be erased.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adelaide Festival Centre Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48422178521302,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/1270\/8054\/files\/Annabel_Milera.jpg?v=1782451721","url":"https:\/\/shop.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au\/products\/annabel-milera-summer-time","provider":"Adelaide Festival Centre Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}