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Bullpup
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Maker: eX de Medici
This F88 Steyr is part of a continuing series of works where de Medici distinguishes rifles as a 'species'. A weapon is overlaid with the microscopic structure of a moth. The scope of this Steyr featu...ART94228
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Cpl Bob Revermann and Solomon Islanders
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Maker: eX de Medici
Corporal Bob Revermann, Head Chief Mechanic is giving a ration pack as an exchange to two Solomon Islander men. The location is Honiara Harbour, where wreckage and rubbish are strewn along the coastl...ART94152
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GBR
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Maker: eX de Medici
Guadalcanal Beach Resort (GBR) is the main base for the military and police forces of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). It was an American base during the Second World Wa...ART94155
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Malaria Central
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Maker: eX de Medici
This is a composite group portrait of a patrol at Tetere, a Forward Operating Base east of Honiara. On one level the work is an exploration of youth and masculinity that also offers an endorsement of ...ART94227
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Quartermaster Major Sunshine Collins, S.I. Police Commander Nelson Nausi, Hell's Point Explosives Demolition Facility
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Maker: eX de Medici
The Solomon Islands, particularly the main island of Guadalcanal, was the site of major fighting between Japan and the United States of America from early August 1942 to early February 1943. Years aft...ART94151
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Tetanus
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Maker: eX de Medici
'Tetanus' does not depict a particular location, but instead merges historical and contemporary motifs of the Solomon Islands to reveal a wrecked past and an uncertain future. Barefoot children play ...ART94226
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Transition
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Maker: Rohse, Craig
As part of being exhibited for the inaugural Napier Waller Art Prize exhibition (2018), Rohse provided the following artist statement about his work: "My self-portrait takes a critical view of four s...AWM2018.1265.1
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Vilu Military Museum
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Maker: eX de Medici
eX de Medici travelled to the Solomon Islands in March 2009 as an official war artist for the Australian War Memorial. This triptych combines several different locations around Guadalcanal. The Vilu M...ART94156