Artist Gwanji Monks speaks from his family home in The Channon, NSW, about sculptural forms emerging from his deep relationships with people and with land.

Tree

"...I very much respond to the material itself. So as soon as this piece [Australian red cedar root] presented itself to me, I was confronted by this angel form.

My brother [Chico] just recently passed, and so this is a response to that..."

Gwanji Monks 2020