ONES to WATCH
THEA ANAMARA PERKINS
A BASTARD LIKE ME
In her NATSIAA entry, the Arrernte and Kalkadoon artist honours the radical spirit of her late grandfather,, in 1975. “Using the word ‘bastard’ was shocking back then, and reflective of the widespread vilification he was subject to as an Aboriginal … To then flip it and wear the term with pride has a bold complexity,” she says.
