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Together, the artists form a layered love letter to the natural world , tender, imaginative, and quietly insistent on care.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis exhibition is a love letter to the natural world - created with care, curiosity, and a touch of imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet on Bundjalung Country, in the Northern Rivers and shaped by the legacy of the Big Scrub, Extinction Love Letter brings together works that honour native animals, flora, landscapes, and ecosystems - some still thriving, others already gone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross the exhibition you’ll find highly detailed rainforest and traditional landscape paintings, alongside with more playful and unexpected works that will grab the attention of the young: with one artist reimagining Australia’s extinct animals as functional circus-inspired artworks - inviting younger visitors to engage with ideas of loss, memory, and care through curiosity rather than fear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is not an exhibition about blame or alarm. It’s about attention. About noticing what surrounds us, what has shaped this region, and what we choose to pass on: and what we still have the ability to save - through stories, images, and acts of care.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA show for lovers of nature, families, and anyone who feels connected to this place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"extinction-carousel-dallas-rae","title":"Extinction carousel - Dallas Rae","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize: 90 x 90 x 120 cm\u003cbr\u003eMedium: Mixed media paper mache and wood sculpture\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtwork Statement: This Carousel explores the emotional impact of the loss of wildlife in Australia. The impact of colonization has left Australia with a precarious legacy for it’s native flora and fauna.\u003cbr\u003eIn the original roman circus, animals of all varieties were killed in their thousands for the\u003cbr\u003eentertainment of the masses. In the modern ‘circus’, humans assert their entitlement to\u003cbr\u003enature with a lack of recognition and protection for Australian species.,\u003cbr\u003eCarousel depicts six Australian animals that are now extinct: the Thylacine, the Blue Tailed\u003cbr\u003eSkink, The Kink Island Emu, The Toolache Wallaby, The Southern Day Frog as well as the\u003cbr\u003eLesser Bilby. 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This evocative\nartwork poignantly illustrates the extinction of 67 Australian species: 4 frogs, 1 reptile, 22\nbirds, 39 mammals, 1 fish, and 1 spider.\nIn a sobering comparison, Australia has lost approximately the same number of mammals\nas the rest of the world combined in the past 200 years, amounting to roughly 10% of its\nland species. In stark contrast, continental North America has recorded the extinction of\nonly a single native land mammal during this period. The painting reflects the tragic\ntrajectory of this loss, with 21% of Australian endemic land mammal species currently\nthreatened, suggesting a continued rate of extinction.\nEarly records from settlers reveal that many now-extinct or threatened species were once\nabundant and ecologically versatile. The brush-tailed rock-wallaby, for example, saw nearly\n100,000 skins marketed by a single company in 1908, while more than 500,000 koala skins\nwere collected in just 31 days in 1927. The subspecies of the brush-tailed bettong and the\nblack-footed rock-wallaby, once described as “countless swarms,” are now nearly extinct or\ncritically endangered. Similarly, the pale field-rat was once so numerous that it undermined\nthe land, with horses sinking into its burrows.\nTumulus Pudoris also confronts historical policies that exacerbated this decline. In the\n1800s, laws in New South Wales and Queensland incentivized and mandated the killing of\nnative marsupials to reduce competition with livestock. Between 1877 and 1930, over 27\nmillion animals were killed under these laws.\nToday, the relentless destruction of habitat, land clearing, bushfires, and predation by feral\nanimals like cats and foxes continue to threaten Australia's biodiversity. The artwork\nunderscores not just an environmental tragedy but a compelling economic argument:\nprotecting our unique wildlife is crucial for sustaining tourism and cultural heritage.\nTumulus Pudoris serves as both a memorial and a call to action, urging viewers to reflect on\nthe consequences of human impact on the natural world and to advocate for the\npreservation of Australia’s irreplaceable species.","brand":"Black Fig Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56234347036838,"sku":"DR-MAR-SUM-002","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0716\/6128\/9638\/files\/Rae_Dallas_Tumulus_Pudoris__1800x1800_22abb78c-4755-4cb9-8609-6992455195d7.jpg?v=1772714418"},{"product_id":"cockatoos-in-flight-dallas-rae","title":"Cockatoos ‘in flight’ - Dallas Rae","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize: 70 x 46 cm\u003cbr\u003e\nMedium: Hand coloured linocut\u003cbr\u003e\nYear: 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArtwork Statement: Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos were once content to feed on the seeds of native shrubs and\u003cbr\u003e\ntrees, especially banksias, hakeas and casuarinas, as well as extracting the insect larvae that\u003cbr\u003e\nbore into the branches of wattles. 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