Congratulations to Lori Pensini who has been selected as a finalist in the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2020.

Artist Statement
Family. These sketches are a continuum for myself and my art practice around the exploration of the indigenous lineage to my ancestry. They examine the inter racial relationships of my colonial fore-bearers and the forging of Australia’s post European culture. They are semi stylised depictions of my family simulating the camera obscure (pinhole) method of photography of the 1800’s. I wanted to capture the fortitude commanded to withstand the political and social prejudices their relationship would of suffered at the time, and to consider also, these prejudices are still current and have direct bearing on the health of family units in todays society.