Imagined Place

Name/Title

Imagined Place

Entry/Object ID

MMP.20

Description

Collograph/relief

Collection

C.N. Gorman Museum, UC Davis

Made/Created

Artist

Sue Pearson

Date made

2016

Dimensions

Height

12 in

Width

34 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Artist Commentary

Label

Sue Pearson Tahitian Imagined Place, 2016 Collograph/relief Collection of the C.N. Gorman Museum, UC Davis. Gift of the artist. “My imagined place is my home, Norfolk Island, in a state of freedom and self-determination. In 2015, the Commonwealth of Australia stripped Norfolk Island of its Legislative Assembly and self-government against the democratically-expressed wishes of its people. Our people are currently fighting hard with non-violent protest and appealing to the United Nations with many other political supporters against this big bully. I am hopeful that the directions we are taking will lead to my imagined place becoming a reality, and that our rights to govern ourselves and our homes are restored.” – Sue Pearson