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ART IN THE MODERN AGE Aus tralian artist Rac hael We l l i s ch ca p t u res t h e i ma g i n a t i o n t h ro u g h h er ar tworks and installations as s h e w ea ves i n s p i r a t i o n f ro m l a n d s ca p es a n d ancien t earth forms w ith repu r p o s ed t ext i l es a n d p l a n t -d er i ved In d i g o d ye.
For R ach ae l, art i s a wa y t o c o m m uni cate the in n ate r el atio n s hi p b e t we e n hum a n b e havi o ur a n d th e n atu r al e nv i r o nm e nt . A p a r a l l e l we are in cr e asi n gl y b e c o m i ng m o r e a wa r e o f a s w e e nte r the An th r o p o cen e .
UK and nume ro us l o c ati o ns aro und Australia. C urre ntl y Rac hae l i s a po st-c o nf i rmati o n doctoral c andi date and tuto r at the Gri f f i th U n iversity , whe re she share s he r e xpe ri e nc e s and know ledge wi th the ne xt ge ne rati o n o f arti sts.
T h is th r e ad o f co nne c t i o n f r o m t he na t ur a l wo rl d, to m ate r ials an d s us t a i na b i l i t y i n t he m o de rn age is ad d r e ssed th r o ug h Ra c ha e l ’ s m i nd f ul use o f sa lv aged tex tiles a nd p r e s e r v a t i o n o f t he hi sto ri c pr a ctice o f n atur a l I nd i g o d y e i ng b y ha nd. W it h w o r k cu r r e nt l y i ns t a l l e d i n t he Hyo go Pr e fectu r al M u s e um o f A r t i n J a p a n, R ac hae l ’ s work h as al so e xhi b i t e d i n I r e l a nd , A us tri a, the
In c o nve rsati o n wi th RawAsse mbl y, Rac hael sh ared wi th us i nsi ght be hi nd he r arti sti c pro c e ss, love of natural Indi go and he r pe rspe c ti ve o n th e role of art i n the c hangi ng wo rl d aro und us.
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