Martin King 'mirage I' cool tones Image Size: 54 x 35

Image Size: 54 x 35 cm

Erica TANDORI (1964 - )

It is also a document of grief

an orange offering in each of their laps

In ‘Noon’

Martin King 'mirage I' cool tones Image Size: 54 x 35Birds recur throughout Martin Kings practice, crossing the domains of nature sky, land and sea. In mirage I, they meet demise, pigment dripping like tears from their wings. Pinned in open space, Kings birds are suspended between life and death, at once divine in their ability to fly and endangered, as many species of Australian birds are. What does it mean to deny flight from a bird? King is recognised as one of Australias foremost contemporary