THE WARRIOR SWEATER

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK & THE ARTIST

Beau Pennefather Motlop’s The Warrior depicts a proud Indigenous woman defending women with her dingoes at heel. The dingo is a wild dog native to Australia. The animals were used by Aboriginal women as protection against men’s violence during White colonisation and oppression of First Nation’s people. Dingoes were used by Aboriginal male warriors at the time as part of guerrilla warfare tactics to defend their lands and selves from colonists. The image depicts a female Warrior ancestor who is letting her rage be known in regards to men’s violence against women. She has had enough and is ready to defend.   The circular motifs in the background are ancestor spirits supporting her as she fights.   Beau writes: “Why are our Grandmothers, Mothers, Aunties, Sisters, daughters and Nieces being killed? Where is the outrage? Why is it going almost unnoticed? This needs to stop.”