The judges said of Grayson and Emma’s work:
The work is a synthesis of the Australian landscape and artistic practice. Both are examined individually and then woven together in such a skillful way as to make it challenging to distinguish which is landscape and which is art. The images are then bound further together by a mesmerizing soundtrack. By bringing natural science and art together so seamlessly makes this a worthy winner of the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize 2020.
When asked how it felt to be named the Open Category winner Grayson Cooke said winning this prize couldn’t be a more perfect accolade for this work with Emma Walker, adding it was not so much about winning this prize but the fact that Open Air had been given the honour of such recognition.
Thursday, December 10, 2020, 12:52 GMT+7
Murdie Nampijinpa Morris is seen in a photo capturing her and her door. Photo provided by the Australian Embassy in Hanoi
An exhibition showcasing Australian indigenous culture is currently taking place in Hanoi to bring Australia’s unique indigenous culture to a Vietnamese audience and deepen the people-to-people link between the two countries.
Titled “Yuendumu Doors,” the event is said to showcase “one of the most important cultural and artistic collections in Australia,” the Australian Embassy in Hanoi said in a press release on Tuesday.
The exhibition, opened the same day at the Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi, features 15 out of 30 doors painted by Warlpiri elders at the Yuendumu community school in 1984.